Meghan MacLean Weir
Autore di The Book of Essie
Opere di Meghan MacLean Weir
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- 1
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- 625
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- #40,302
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- 3.7
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- 8
Seventeen year old Esther Hicks is the last child of Jethro and Celia Hicks, and one of the stars of the reality tv show, Six for Hicks, which follows Essie and her family through her father’s Evangelical ministry. But when a life altering situation threatens the family’s multi-million dollar livelihood, as well as Essie’s way of life, she concocts a plan that will not only set her up for life, but free her from the stronghold she calls her family. In order to make the plan work, she must convince complete stranger, 18-year-old Roark Richards to marry her, within the next couple weeks. Roark and his family will benefit tremendously if he goes through with this arrangement, but his own secret may take them all down.
On the surface, this book sounds easy-peasy and without much depth, but as the pages turn (and they will fly by), there is so much to this book it is hard to put into words. Fraught with undertones of evil, religion, family drama, sexual identity, and lies, Meghan MacLean Weir writes an absolutely beautiful story about love and motherhood, friendship, and justice.
The Book of Essie is written from three perspectives: Essie’s, Roark’s, and Liberty Bell’s, a journalist who unwittingly has more in common with Essie than many know.
The eloquent way Weir writes this book without vulgarity or harsh language and instead with grace, and honesty, one hardly knows they are actually reading about rape and incest.
So. Freaking. Good. Absolutely powerful.
*I listened to this book on Audible (which was fabulous) and before I finished it, I purchased the hardcover to keep in my personal library.… (altro)