Today's Throwback Thursday features GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY by Mary Monroe. This one deals with the traumatic and sensitive topic of child abuse and eating disorders. Set in the 1950's ad 60's, Monroe takes her readers on a difficult and emotional journey that I just may have to take again! It's been long enough since I've read this one that it would almost be like the first time all over again. These throwback books really make me want to reread some of the oldie but goodies!
Happy Reading!
Monica
New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights-era Ohio to bring to life the first steps of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the track. . .
Annette Goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret. Frightened and ashamed, Annette withdraws into a world of books and food. But the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible happens: Rhoda Nelson chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, generous Rhoda, who is everything Annette is not--gorgeous, slim, and worldly--welcomes Annette into the heart of her eccentric family, which includes her handsome and dignified father;her lovely, fragile "Muh'Dear;" her brooding, dangerous brother Jock;and her colorful white relatives--half-crazy Uncle Johnny, sultry Aunt Lola, and scary, surly Granny Goose.
With Rhoda's help, Annette survives adolescence and blossoms as a woman. But when her beautiful best friend makes a stunning confession about a horrific childhood crime, Annette's world will never be the same.
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