Karen Dietrich

I received an ARC of The Girl Factory through the Goodreads Giveaways program. The Girl Factory details the life of Karen Dietrich as she maneuvers her way through various friendships and a complicated mother daughter bond. Although, Karen is a precocious child and highly intelligent, she struggles after elementary school with building and maintaining relationships. Karen also seems to look for validation from others and seeks out friends who are at times a bad influence. When a long buried family secret is revealed in chapter 25 all the pieces come together and the reader can see the cause of much of the author's behavior. The Girl Factory was a dark and powerfully written memoir which reveals several painful and intimate events in her life. I enjoyed reading the book and applaud the courage it took to share her story. Well done!… (altro)