Nowhere Girl

Read The DTE (Dead Tree Edition). This was an interesting one, in more ways than one. I had seen it on NetGalley and forgot to request it there... and then the publisher out of the blue sends me the paperback (DTE) version thinking I might like it. And y'all, the book itself really is excellent. More detailed in the childhood/ teen years than the more adult period, which is perhaps more understandable as someone trying to maintain some sense of privacy over newer relationships.

But this book is also very disturbed. The is one truly dysfunctional family whose particular dysfunctions actually led to quite a few rare experiences that combine to make a truly unique life. For example, Diamond and her family were at the 15th Maccabiah Games in 1997 when the bridge collapsed - the very bridge her brother Frank was supposed to be marching across. But the reasons they were there, and the events in later years... they're so sensational the reader almost can't accept them as nonfiction!

And then there is the reason you need to read the DTE. If you look at the DTE side-on, you will notice that the front third (ish) of the pages are pure white while the back two thirds (ish) of the pages are more of a cream color. I noticed this about halfway into the book, and when I went back to look... yep. The colors change exactly at the point of a particularly devastating event - and any description would be a spoiler, so I'm only noting the overall position. This is just one of those minor print details that actually makes a genuine case to read the DTE over my (far preferred) eReader edition, as on the eReader edition this detail couldn't happen. :)

Overall an interesting and compelling story, if truly disturbed. Very much recommended.