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Before You Knew My Name
by Jacqueline Bublitz
This is a powerful read. It deals with some very serious themes, and it can be triggering. There were passages that made me angry and sick to my stomach, but it is a compulsive read and I had to know what happened next.
Alice is an 18 year old girl who runs from her small town to the Big Apple with only 600$ in her pocket and a stolen camera. Ruby, is a 36 year old woman who runs from her own town in Australia to NY as well. Their paths cross, but not before one of them is dead, murdered to be more exact. Ruby discovers Alice's body one early morning and she cannot stop thinking about the young Jane Doe. Alice cannot cross over and needs to make sure her murdered and rapist is punished. The story is uniquely told from two points of view. A lost 36 years old who needs to restart her life, and a dead girl who needs peace.
This book is very well written and the character development is fantastic. I truly hated one character and my emotions were all over the place at points.
Alice is an 18 year old girl who runs from her small town to the Big Apple with only 600$ in her pocket and a stolen camera. Ruby, is a 36 year old woman who runs from her own town in Australia to NY as well. Their paths cross, but not before one of them is dead, murdered to be more exact. Ruby discovers Alice's body one early morning and she cannot stop thinking about the young Jane Doe. Alice cannot cross over and needs to make sure her murdered and rapist is punished. The story is uniquely told from two points of view. A lost 36 years old who needs to restart her life, and a dead girl who needs peace.
This book is very well written and the character development is fantastic. I truly hated one character and my emotions were all over the place at points.