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I enjoyed this story of a raped and murdered 14 year old girl who is able to observe her family and other living people after her death. The book is told from her point of view, most of it taking place after her death. I’m not spiritual and don’t believe in any afterlife, so it wasn’t this premise of the afterlife that I connected with. This is primarily the story of a family and how each member relates with each other and the world, including how this girl’s death and life has affected them; that was the aspect of the story I found fascinating and most of it rang true. It was a sad book and the girl’s dying experience was horribly upsetting, but I didn’t find it a depressing book at all, even though it was poignant as the dead girl narrator is the only one who knows what happened to her; parts of the book were even funny and parts suspenseful. And I do love stories of dysfunctional families.
Attractively illustrated books of period stories. Some illustrations and the cover are signed: E. Brier. The frontispiece of my copy reads: Presented to Florence Monk for Regular Attendance and Progress in Drawing. June 1st 1931 Grace Behenna My favorite stories: 1.Here be Goblets, about an elaborate attempt by the third form at contructing antique-style map, with which they challenge the sixth form. 2. The Fourth-Form Entertainment, in which the Fourth From goes a little bit too far in imitating the faculty. My least favorite: Pearls by Agnes Frome, an unlikely story in which Edith and island native Lou foil an attempted robbery of a stash of priceless pearls.