Good read! ( )

Lakeview, a unos treinta kilómetros de Ontario, en el sur de Canadá, es el lugar elegido por numerosas almas solitarias para instalar allí sus caravanas, entre ellas Collette Cody y su hija Sharla, de cinco años, y también Addy Shadd. Pero para Collette y su nuevo novio la pequeña Sharla se había convertido en poco menos que un estorbo, así que urgía desembarazarse de ella y qué mejor solución que proponerle a la vieja Addy que la acogiera durante unos meses. La anciana aceptó, sin saber que su madre no iba a volver a por ella. Cuando se hace a la idea de que Collette se ha ido para jamás regresar, Addy toma la decisión de acogerla como si fuera su propia hija.
Así, de un día para otro, Addy Shadd pasa a convertirse en Mamá Addy, y emprende la ardua tarea de educar y criar a una niña de gran corazón, pero con graves carencias afectivas. Sin embargo, la traviesa Sharla también transforma radicalmente la existencia de la anciana, que encuentra en la pequeña un poderoso e inesperado motivo para seguir adelante, mientras los recuerdos y fantasmas de su pasado en Rusholme, una aldea creada por afroamericanos que escaparon de la esclavitud, empiezan a cobrar un nuevo y esperanzador sentido. Por qué no, conocer a Sharla Cody tal vez fuera la señal que Addy tanto tiempo había estado esperando, la señal que le indicara que, por fin, había llegado el momento de regresar a casa.

What a surprising read and that is the reason why I like non genre books. Theey take you if they re good, on a journey where you forget the world you are living in.

That happened to me every evening. It was a joy to open my kindle every night to go back to Addy. Not that her world is any better than mine. It is so very different though.It is just such a great story.

The author managed to move me, to love and hate her characters. To me that is a great author.

Funny cause I did read The Girls and I gave that book 3 stars but this book grabbed me much more.
4.5 ( )

I thought it was wordy in places and felt as though it didn't need to be so long. I also issue with all the ghosts. Maybe it could've been told a little different but yea, the ghost thing doesn't always work for me.

With that said, this was a great book. I've never read a historical fiction that had so many twists in it. The characters were well developed and I believe I liked and didn't like them accordingly.

Definite recommend. ( )

I just couldn't decide if I should give this book four stars or three. I decided to give it four starts because I think maybe I just wasn't focused enough to appreciate it. But then I decided to give it three because I'm not postive I would recommend it to people. It was not as good as The Girls, the other book I just read by this author.

This book was about a young girl, Sharla, being raised by her elderly neighbor, Addy, after her mother deserts her. It alternated between the present and the story of Addy's life. I love books that altenate between stories like this, but I found that these stories alternated a little too quickly for me. I was just starting to get into one story when the author switched to the other.

The book was well written, and the characters were very likable, but for some reason I just never got completely into it. I seemed to be very tired every time I read it and kept falling asleep, so that could have had something to do with it.

Anyway, I can't really decide if I'd recommend it or not. Maybe someone else should read it and let me know if I should recommend it. ( )