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“Gracie C. McKeever (c) October 2009
All her life Audra Marks has thought of herself as the ugly sister, the different one in her family. She doesn't look like any of the other women in her family and just once in her life would like to be anything but "fat, black and ugly". She knows that her mother is hiding a secret from her, and even has an idea of what that secret is.
After a particularly trying and embarrassing day at her job as a Corrections Officer, only to be followed by an even more embarassing evening at the birthday party of the daughter of a co-worker that Audra is crushing on, Audra finds herself at a crossroads, and just desperate enough to go for the chance to finally be "light, bright and beautiful".
This was an excellent and fast-paced read with Langhorne's trademark humor and heartbreak. The characterizations are on point, especially Audra's ugly duckling. Her emotions and motivations are so real and true-to-life and the driving force behind a story fraught with family crisis and drama. The inner and outer conflicts are realistic and show how far a woman in pain will go to relieve it and how far she will go to get to the truth.
This is a nice piece of redemption after the un-engaging Street Level. ”
Gracie wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009.
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