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Jan 23, 2014celtlass rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I wish I had read this book as a teenager. It's assigned reading in many high schools, and that might have taken all the fun out of it, but this book gave a frank and yet beautiful look into a life. I was craving this type of narrative as a teenager, rather than the supposedly symbolic and deep novels like "Grapes of Wrath" that made me cringe away from humanity. This book acknowledged human failures while still being able to praise the human spirit, the strength of women... it was real.