In Search of April Raintree

This is my Personal Childhood (Teen) Re-Read Challenge for this month I first read this in first year university. I think it was for a Sociology course. I was blown away by it then and I was once again blown away by it now!! This time I saw the audio was on Hoopla so I opted to listen to it. Either w......more

Listening to the audiobook I found this book equally as tragic as it was authentic. The author wrote a compelling story that illuminated the why behind lives I want to understand. The feelings April shares about her heritage and how they contrasted with her sisters brought a new awareness of the pos......more

There have been more than a few times over the last couple of years that my book club has chosen a book that I never would have looked twice at. This was one of them. When I mentioned to a few non-book-club friends that I was reading this book, they surprised me by telling me they'd read it in high s......more

Audio book. This was a well told story. It was shocking how the whole process of taking April and Cheryl away from their parents into care was carried out. Taken from their own home (for good reason) but then put in the care of the nuns and separated. No obvious feeling of care. Throughout their time......more

Just okay. The plot isn't bad, but the writing style is very simplistic.......more