All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

from nfmgirl2

We are introduced to Wavy as a five-year-old who has landed in her Aunt Brenda's house after both of her parents have been arrested. (Wavy's mother Val is a drug addict who cares about little in life, and her father Liam is a neglectful meth manufacturer and drug runner.) At first glance, Wavy i...

from misspider

The title could never be more fitting: this book is ugly and wonderful at the same time. I could not put this book down and neglected everything else to keep on reading. The writing is just awesome, and while the story is told from a lot of different POV's, the author manages to give each charact...

from Sharn

I really liked this book. Tough subjects though. Wavy is 8yrs old when she witnesses Kellen (one of her father's 'employees') wreck his motorcycle. She goes to him and he tells her to call her father for help. And that was the beginning of the story of the most unlikely, unlucky couple you'll eve...

from DonnaEverhart

This book was unlike any other I've read. Told from a variety of viewpoints, from the young girl, Wavy, to the man she was star crossed with, Kellen, to her cousin, teacher, roommate, and grandma, (and more I might be forgetting - ah yes, the judge, just remembered her) Greenwood does an astoundi...

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Bumblebee Books. I've had this book for several months, but I kept putting off reading it. If you read the reviews, the biggest thing that stands out is that this is a story about a young girl and her relationship with a twenty-something year old man. Just reading that made me never want to pick ...