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** spoiler alert ** This should have been two books: one focusing on the girls' friendship, the relationship of the prison to the town, maybe exploring the difference between hero worship (of gangsters) and the reality of criminals (the prison escape); the other focusing on a correspondence between an American girl and a German girl living in pre-World War II/wartime Germany. The different portions of the story did not come together smoothly or naturally and I found that extremely jarring; additionally, I feel there was some very anachronistic dialogue and word usage.
I laughed my way through this book. What a gifted writer. Watts offers great advice and insight, but without coming across as preachy. She's not a therapist, but a mother with lots of experience, and it was nice to be reminded of the everyday joys of motherhood and what we can learn from them. Watts is an LDS writer and the book does have LDS themes, but I think it can be enjoyed and appreciated by anyone from any religion; afterall, motherhood has no religious borders.
I read this book because I really enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy. However, this book was not as compelling to me. It was good, but I had a hard time really enjoying it. Decent writing and an interesting story with nice plot twists.