Dear Lucy
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Lucy is a young woman with an uncommon voice and an unusual way of looking at the world. She doesn't understand why her mother has sent her to live with old Mister and Missus on their farm, but she knows she must never leave or her mother won't be able to find her again. Also living at the farm is a pregnant teenager named Samantha who tells conflicting stories about her past and quickly becomes Lucy's only friend. When Samantha gives birth and her baby disappears, Lucy arms herself with Samantha's diary--as well as a pet chicken named Jennifer--and embarks on a dangerous and exhilarating journey to reunite mother and child.
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I really enjoyed the unique voice of the protagonist and found her worldview to be very poetic. But ultimately I think the book could have used a bit more editing, as many of the scenes had a tendency to drag on without really advancing the story. I was also super appalled by the Missus character, and to a lesser degree by Mister and Rodger Marvin as well. The ending doesn't offer any closure, either, and though I know there are hundreds of good reasons to do this in a novel, it rarely sits well with me.