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I‘ve been wanting to read this since it came out years ago. I finally got around to it thanks to a Goodreads challenge prompt. This was more violent and difficult to read than I expected, but it was very good. Trigger warnings: untreated mental illness, multiple gory physical injuries, domestic violence, and a dog dies horribly near the end. The audiobook recording is well done. It was a good way to experience the book.⬇️

I‘m very late to reading this and it made my blood boil! The Dads negligence and Mums enabling regarding the children‘s safety, really pissed me off!
Tara‘s resilience in obtaining an Education is truly inspirational.
I listened to this on audio.

School excursion many years ago, my sister and my best friend
#schooldays #falling
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Wow, this was a multifaceted gem of a book. It‘s so hard to describe, it‘s nuanced, extremely descriptive, spans 1973-2025. A bit haunting. In one day a family of four gets torn apart. There are unanswered questions. Starts out slow and convoluted, but eventually it flows. I enjoyed it. Would make a great book club pick.

This book has sat patiently on my #tbr shelves, gifted to me in an Aussie book swap years ago. The cover is so beautiful, just like this beach (background) I was at yesterday.
The cover belies the contents of this dark read. I found it confusing yet engrossing. Multiple narrators over multiple timelines. Disturbing.

An unusual book in terms of plot and characters.
At times it is a love story then a family background. Then almost mysterious. I'm still contemplating if there was actually an ending.

Wow this is heavy. Very well written, I recommend the audio, not only does the narrator do a great job it is nice to hear the authentically pronounced Chinese words.
I loved the interview with the author at the end where she talks about the inspiration (very awful - a hanging tree for Chinese folk in Idaho her father discovered) and what was fiction and non
An important read as we come out of the COVID mania where so many people were targets.