When I first heard..

my friend Julie describe Sure Signs of Crazy, I thought that there was no way I wanted to read it.  When she told me it was the story of a twelve-year-old girl whose mother had tried to drown her and her twin brother when they were little, killing her brother, I thought, nah.  Not in the mood for a downer.  But then she told me it wasn't a downer at all.  And she was right.  And wow, did I love this book.  Karen Harrington is a new author for me, but I will be sure to read more by her.  What a lovely, sad, happy hopeful story.  Sarah Nelson's mother did try to kill her.  Now her mom is in a mental hospital, prison situation and doesn't have much contact with her.  Her father is an alcoholic, but a good man.  Sarah writes two diaries, a fake one, incase anyone finds it, and a secret one, in which writes to Atticus Finch, wishes he was her dad.  They live in a rented home in Texas and move around a lot when folks find out that they are "that family."  What a great story.  I know it sounds like a downer, but it isn't.  It is lovely.  Please read this.  You will fly through it.