The Doll Funeral (Audiobook)

from tina1969

Reading this book is a classic case of one book by an author being a good read, and another being just terrible. I read The Girl in the Red Coat for book group and all members enjoyed it. So when I saw a new book out I had to order it from the library. The premise sounds good. Ruby when thirteen ...

from misspider

Pheew, this was a long, a very long read for me and sometimes I wondered that I actually only read a couple of pages in what felt like ages. The concept was fascinating enough: a teenage girl suffers from her violent stepfather and hushed stepmother. Add to that the desire to meet her real parent...

from leopolds

On Ruby's thirteenth birthday her parents inform her that she was adopted. For most people this would be devastating news but for Ruby it's a relief since she has no affection for her parents. Her father Mick is physically and verbally abusive and her mother Barbara turns a blind eye to his trans...