The book takes you through the ghost train ride that is Chrissie's life, you'll be scared at some of her actions, you'll jump at some of her reactions but you'll be full of hope and relief at the ending. The First Day of Spring is such a beautifully written book that captures the horrific mood surrounding the murder of a child. I don’t know what’s more disturbing: a child so off kilter she becomes a murderer; or a mum who is such a bitch you don’t need to wonder why the kid is so messed up. B y the end of the novel, the voices of Chrissie and Julia reside deep in your skull: visceral and wicked, sad and wonderful, all at the same time. This is a dark and gripping novel beautifully written in past and present form as Chrissie and Julia.

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But, her honesty, innocence, pain, and lack of understanding of the consequences of her actions, coupled with her abusive situation, and the fact that every grown-up in her life let her down, elicited a lot of empathy, and I couldn’t help growing attached to her. Anyways, I wouldn’t consider this book a thriller or a mystery, as it wasn’t that exciting, but it is a thought provoking drama that kept me on the edge. Her follow-up, That Was When People Started to Worry, an examination of young women's mental health, was published in 2018. When she was let out of a group home people were outraged and hounded her until she was granted permission to change her identity.It was cold that day, and it was Friday, and that meant the milk would have been fresh and the school dinner would have been fish and chips. Your attention is grabbed from the first sentence where Chrissie, an eight year girl, describes how it felt to have just killed a toddler. Julia is also a convincing character, so conflicted by her past, yet to come to terms with what she did and learn to forgive herself before she can make a fresh start with her child.

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A committed teacher tries to enlighten Demon’s seventh grade class about how the resource-rich countryside was pillaged and abandoned, but Kingsolver doesn’t air-brush his students’ dismissal of this history or the prejudice encountered by this African American outsider and his White wife. The dominant emotions in Chrissie's story are anger and aggression while in Julia's story, fear and insecurity reign supreme. I have mixed feelings because I wasn’t crazy about her writing style and I did not find it that gripping, but I did enjoy the concept and the structure, although I must confess that I almost lost interest after 30%. Unlike Blood Sugar, which is bogged down by main chick's intolerable inner monologue about what a special star she is, this book really shows you how Chrissie's sad af home life turned her into a monster. She had to press it three times before Mam came to the door, wearing a dressing gown that showed too much of her legs.I suspected this was going to be an amazing audiobook though, because when my loan became available, the no. But she lives with the guilt of what she did when she was Chrissie, and the fear that someone, one day, will take her own daughter away from her. When I realized Mam wasn’t going to come and see me, not even to shout, I went to the window and watched the fists of rain beating down outside. If you were younger than ten you didn’t usually go to the cell or have a trial, because whatever bad thing you had done, you were just a kid and it wasn’t your fault. At first you could be mistaken for thinking that Chrissie truly believes she is the best, with no worries, and no fear… but as you read further to see the underbelly of her life.