This Side of Providence (Paperback)

from bookaholicgirl

Beautifully written, sad, funny, moving - this books has it all. Told from the perspective of various characters in the story, this book does a wonderful job demonstrating that not everyone is all bad or all good and each person in the story is really just trying to do the best they can with what...

from debristow

I received this book as part of the Early Reviewers program. This is the story of Aracelia- mother of three and addict. This is not only her story but the story of her children and the non relatives that have come to care about them. After spending time in jail and trying to beat her addiction, A...

from ebookreviewgal

Arcelia Perez flees Puerto Rico to escape an abusive husband. She takes her small daughter Luz, but leaves her son Cristo behind when she boards a plane to NYC. Somewhere along the way, she decides that taking drugs is the way to forget a painful and abusive past. Will she overcome her drug addic...

from rangel_tatum

This was a well-written book, with excellent narration, about a mother--Arcelia Perez--who flees a life of abuse in Puerto Rico to give her children a better life in Providence. Unfortunately, her haunting past leads her to a life of drugs, broken promises, and, eventually, prison. During her str...

from mootzymom

Rachel Harper wrote this story in such a tragic voice I had to remind myself it wasn't a memoir. Told from each characters perspective you feel the breakdown of one family as a new family arises. Very engaging novel.