From Laurie Frankel, the New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is, a Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick, comes One Two Three, a timely, topical novel about love and family that will make you laugh and cry…and laugh again. In a town where nothing ever changes, suddenly everything does… Everyone knows everyone in the tiny town of Bourne, but the Mitchell … everyone in the tiny town of Bourne, but the Mitchell triplets are especially beloved. Mirabel is the smartest person anyone knows, and no one doubts it just because she can’t speak. Monday is the town’s purveyor of books now that the library’s closed–tell her the book you think you want, and she’ll pull the one you actually do from the microwave or her sock drawer. Mab’s job is hardest of all: get good grades, get into college, get out of Bourne.
For a few weeks seventeen years ago, Bourne was national news when its water turned green. The girls have come of age watching their mother’s endless fight for justice. But just when it seems life might go on the same forever, the first moving truck anyone’s seen in years pulls up and unloads new residents and old secrets. Soon, the Mitchell sisters are taking on a system stacked against them and uncovering mysteries buried longer than they’ve been alive. Because it’s hard to let go of the past when the past won’t let go of you.
Three unforgettable narrators join together here to tell a spellbinding story with wit, wonder, and deep affection. As she did in This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel has written a laugh-out-loud-on-one-page-grab-a-tissue-the-next novel, as only she can, about how expanding our notions of normal makes the world a better place for everyone and how when days are darkest, it’s our daughters who will save us all.
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ONE TWO THREE by Laurie Frankel is a heartbreaking yet inspiring story of family and love that captured my heart right from the beginning. Sixteen years prior, the small town of Bourne had its water supply contaminated by an unscrupulous chemical company. Many of its residents died or faced devastating health issues. Those that could leave the area did, but the small number of people remaining rely on each other for survival. The Mitchell triplets are now sixteen-years-old. Mab, Monday and Mirabel all face significant challenges, but still bring light and love to those around them. The story is told from the alternating perspectives of the triplets. Mab, the first-born of the twins, has few physical or emotional challenges, but carries a huge burden of guilt. Second-born Monday has few physical limitations, but is mentally and emotionally unique. Mirabel is brilliant, but is confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak on her own. She communicates with the aid of an application that converts her typing to speech. Despite their mother Nora’s relentless fight for justice against the chemical company, nothing ever changes in their small tight-knit community, until a moving truck appears bringing a new family to town for the first time since the chemical plant closed up. What follows is an unforgettable story that brought me to both tears and laughter. It is touching and quirky and heartfelt. The portrayal of the relationships between the characters was intimate and uplifting. There are so many important and timely themes explored here. I thoroughly enjoyed this unique and compelling book and highly recommend it.
I truly loved this book. It was written from the perspective of three triplets whose town and family have been suffering from the affects of chemicals discharged into their water. Each triplet is very different and has been affected in different ways. It was an interesting story and I loved the characters. I would recommend the audiobook as it was so well done with three different narrators, one for each sister and they did a great job portraying the quirks of each girl.
The intriguing feature of this book is the telling of a story through the eyes of three different sisters. Their town is fraught with the after effects of an environmental catastrophe, and all the players see it differently. The characters of the three sisters are so well developed that the reader feels if they are their neighbors.
I’m having a hard time reviewing this book.The subject is very real and tragic. Laurie Frankel did an amazing job with her 3 main characters – triplet sisters who are all as different as they can be. I had a little trouble at first listening to the audio and recognizing the different sisters. But their different traits soon became clear. I AM impressed with the development the author gave the sister, Monday, who exhibited issues that surely had to require thought and research on how to give her voice.
I can’t put a finger on where and when my interest started to wane. Maybe because there was just TOO much info? Or, because the adult characters just made me angry? For sure at the end when the three girls pulled off a stunt that was, I believe, pretty UNbelivable. I’m not sure, given the time it took to listen to it, I would do it again.
While this was a very thought-provoking read about a family with triplet Sisters who live in a a town polluted by a chemical plant it fell kind of flat for me. Too much rambling on and I found it hard to hold my interest in it. I guess I had high expectations as this book its highly rated and the topic and all that surrounds it was interesting. None the lass well written, just not my kind of read.
Thank you to Netgalley, Henry Holy and company and the Author Laurie Frankel for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Nothing new ever happens in the town of Bourne. Everyone knows everyone. So when the moving trucks arrive, it causes a stir. Bourne is a town known for one thing: seventeen years ago, their water turned green. Many of their citizens of died, others have cancer and other illnesses, and others gave birth to children with birth defects. You’ll never find a town more accommodating to wheelchairs. But it has one doctor (also the priest) and one therapist (Nora Mitchell). Bourne houses Nora’s triplets, beloved by all: Mab, the “normal” one, who is expected to go to college and escape this place; Monday, who runs the town library from their home and prefers yellow everything (food, clothes, and more); and Mirabel, the smartest of them all, confined to her wheelchair, dependent on her sisters and mom for so much and on a computer to act as her Voice. Nora has been fighting for justice since the water turned green. When the newcomers come to town, the past roars up, involving the Mitchell triplets and bringing to light decades old secrets. How hard will Mab, Monday, and Mirabel fight for their town?
This is such an original book from the author of THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS. It sneaks up on you with its quiet and touching story. Frankel weaves an emotional tale that makes you think. It’s utterly fascinating, this devastated town and its broken people. So many of its citizens are sick or have lost someone they love. Yet there is a lot of hope in Bourne, especially as the story is told through young Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s eyes. They’ve only known their mom’s sadness and bitterness, never having met their father, yet each has their own (often quirky) way of looking at life.
Frankel alternates viewpoints from each triplet, naming her chapters One (Mab), Two (Monday), and Three (Mirabel) and repeating from there. It takes a moment to get into the groove of each triplets’ voice, but once you do, it’s easy to get attached to them. Mab feels the weight of the world on her shoulders, sweet Monday takes everything literally, and Mirabel must remain cheerful, despite all her medical issues. Their mom holds a variety of jobs, including town therapist and working at the local bar, and maintains a decades long lawsuit and grievance. It’s hard to know what the triplets’ life might be like without Nora’s anger and bitterness.
Still, ONE TWO THREE highlights the power of sisterhood and family. You’d think a book about a broken town would be depressing and a slugfest, but it’s anything but. In many ways, I found this to be almost a mystery, as the sisters work together to figure out about the newcomers in their town and how they relate to the years of devastation wrecked upon Bourne. The result is utterly compelling, with years of intertwined secrets making for a fascinating read.
Still, at the core, this is a story about teenage girls and how they relate to the world. It’s sweet, heartbreaking, and extremely well-written. There are a few points where I wish the plot sped up a bit, but overall, this is a touching and lovely story about a family and their small town.
I received a copy of this book from Henry Holt & Company and Netgalley in return for an unbiased review.
Audiobook people. I can’t stress this enough. One Two Three, by Laurie Frankel, is told through triplets Mab, Monday, and Mirabel, is elevated so greatly by the audiobook you’re missing so much without it.
Told in alternating points of view the girls weave the story of a town ravaged by chemical leaks into their water by their major employer a generation before. Cancers, birth defects, death, in animals, adults, and children were all denied, even blamed on the residents themselves. Their mother, Nora, has been the driving force keeping up a lawsuit. When the company comes back to town to reopen offering jobs it becomes hard to convince people to stand against them when they need work. The girls as the storytellers offer unique views to the residents as we meet people they interact with, their difficulties, joys, disappointments. Again the audiobook is key here. Each girls inner voice, and speaking voice is especially important to ‘hear’. Mab’s angst and duty, Monday’s analytical literacy and panic, and most of all Mirabel’s whip-smart normalcy and computer generated voice. The narrators Emma Galvin, Jessie Villinsky, and Rebecca Soler inhabit these characters bringing them, and the story to life.
Laurie Frankel is an expert story teller and she really hits it out of the park here. Is there something more important than making someone culpable pay? Who gets to decide what that is, and when to give up? What can heal, how do you find rest? Not to be missed is the author interview at the end where she talks about her inspiration for this book. I highly, highly recommend with five ’s.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced listening copy and the opportunity to review One Two Three by Laurie Frankel. All opinions are my own.
I received a gifted copy and am providing a review.
This story is told in the voices of Mab (known as One), Monday (known as Two), and Maribel (known as Three). These three girls are triplets living in the town of Bourne. Seventeen years ago, Belsum (a chemical company) opened for business in Bourne, promising jobs, prosperity, a better life for the townspeople. For a town as poor as Bourne, they jumped at the opportunity. The interesting thing about these three sisters is that they are all smart in their own ways. Mab is the smart one, the “normal” one. Monday is the extremely literal sister who has an affinity for all things yellow. Maribel is nonverbal and is in a wheelchair, with the use of only her right hand. After Belsum’s destruction of Bourne, Nora (the triplets’ mom) decides to take them on with the help of Russell, the only lawyer who was willing to help until he wasn’t. Belsum wants to come back to Bourne to right their wrongs so to speak, with the same promises. The triplets took it upon themselves to do what they could to ensure a better outcome. The bond these three sisters have is unbreakable, no matter what. They did make a sister pact after all.
I was highly entertained throughout the telling of this tale. In this tale, you will find humor along with the underlying theme of what a chemical company can do to a town. There is an underlying theme of what money can do to accomplish things that shouldn’t happen. There may even be a hint of newfound romance as well as young love mixed with heartache when some truths are revealed.
Thank you, Henry Holt & Co for sponsoring this Goodreads giveaway giving me the chance to read One Two Three by Laurie Frankel!
This is one of those books where the characters will stay with you long after you have read their story! This is my first book by Laurie Frankel and it will not be my last! The sisters Mab, Monday, and Mirabel aka one, two, three, are remarkable characters, loving, kind and sweet. How can you not fall in love with them! The small-town feel of the book made me feel like I was home again in Palmyra, NY. It’s a small town, so small there’s only one high school, one middle school and one elementary school. I laughed out loud and at other times I had tears in my eyes. The single-minded determination that Nora the mother shows is something to behold. I don’t know how but Laurie Frankel took a sad, heartbreaking story and weaved it into a beautiful, heartwarming book! Happy reading everyone!
Laurie Frankel has pulled off what I thought was impossible: she turned a book about a town and its inhabitants who were thrown into the pit of disaster seventeen years ago by a chemical company which created an ecological disaster and then left town into a heart-warming, funny, thoughtful, original, and unforgettable read. Add this novel to your Not-to-be-missed pile right now!
What really shines through in the book are the characters, particularly those of the Mitchell triplets. Their mother Nora chose names which all started with the same letter (it’s easier to remember that way) and which had the number of syllables matching their birth order.
Mab – one syllable, the oldest, is “normal”, or as normal as children born after the poisoning of the town’s water, ground and air. Her goal is to get good grades and go to college, leaving Bourne, the town which died years ago, far behind.
Monday – two syllables, named for the day she was born, is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. She prefers not to look at people or have them look at her, and loves precision. She serves as the town’s librarian now, with books stacked all through their home, she can immediately pick out the specific book requested along with others she thinks the person might like.
Mirabel – the youngest, may be the brightest of them all, but is also the one most physically affected by the poisoning. In a wheel chair, unable to walk, talk, or care for herself, she articulates her thoughts through The Voice, a machine given to her to help her communicate.
Nora has been pursuing a lawsuit against the company for 17 years, all of the girls’ lives. She and the girls are very close, but the triplets are even closer with each other. They call themselves, One, Two, and Three and have their own way of communicating.
When a moving van is spotted driving through town, the Mitchell triplets are intrigued, and as they follow-up and learn more, they uncover secrets and plans that could affect all of the town.
Frankel makes this novel, with the darkest of topics, a joy to read because of the unforgettable characters she brings to life so vividly!! I highly recommend it.
My thanks to NetGalley and Henry Holt & Company publishers for allowing me to read a review copy of the book. All opinions (and any errors) expressed here are strictly my own.
One Two Three is the long-awaited novel of Laurie Frankel. I was excited to read this as I haven’t yet read the author’s highly acclaimed book This Is How It Always Is.
The setting is Bourne, a small community that filled with hope years ago when a new company built a plant and employed many residents. However, hope turned to shock, despair, and anguish when the company’s chemical waste polluted the town’s water supply, causing terminal illnesses in employees, residents, animals, and impacted an entire generation of children born during this time. Many died, and those who could moved.
Widowed Nora and her 16-year-old triplet daughters Mab, Monday, and Mirabel guide readers through their ‘visit’ to Bourne. The sisters, often referred to as One, Two and Three to represent their birth order, represent the residents of Bourne: Mab is “normal” with no physical or cognitive disabilities; Monday has no physical disabilities and is on the autism spectrum; and Mirabel is cognitively brilliant and has significant physical disabilities. In the style of Erin Brockovich, Nora is the lone Bourne resident who tirelessly seeks evidence to support a lawsuit against the company.
This is the second novel I’ve recently enjoyed that featured the abilities of characters with disabilities rather than their limitations. (The other was How Lucky by Will Leitch) Kudos to these authors!
I highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Emma Galvin, Rebecca Soler, and Jesse Vilinsky. Each imparts a distinct personality to a sister beyond the words on the page. As an election employee, I appreciated the city election in the plot, and I absolutely loved everything about the ending!
Thank you to Henry Holt and Co., Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for review copies of this title; all opinions are my own.
I received a complimentary print copy of this book from the publisher and Library Thing. I received a complimentary audio version from Macmillan Audio. My review is my voluntary and unbiased opinion.
Nora Mitchell was the mother of triplets who were aptly named: Mab, Monday, and Mirabel which held significance to the triplets. They used numbers representing their birth order which were 1, 2, 3 so often they would refer to each other by numbers. They are 17 years old and live with their mother, each with her own challenges. But in Bourne, it seems that many children were born with impairments many years ago when Belsum Chemical held a manufacturing plant there. People became outraged and filed legal actions against Belsum as it hardly seemed coincidental that this small town suddenly had an increased need for special education and rehab services. Nora worked as a therapist in the town which became overwhelming with so many people needing help and not being able to work.
The story surrounds the controversial nature of companies situated so close to towns to use the town’s resources at the cost to the community. Nora devotes all her free time to either baking or working diligently on the lawsuit against Belsum since her husband died. The town was blindsided by the chemical company when the town’s water supply became tainted. Some people like Nora could not move past such an aggrievance of justice. Nora organized a class action lawsuit again Belsum which was a daunting if not futile effort to repair the past.
Things in town change when the Templetons move into town as the grandfather had been the one in charge during the chemical disaster. Interestingly, they have a son named River which is rather symbolic of what the family ruined over the years. People would no longer drink tap water and it appeared that even the Templetons were leery themselves although hid that from the town. They were planning to re-open a company there again which would provide employment. Although skeptical, many people listened to the speech regarding all the changes and business practices. Well, this news infuriated Nora who goes to all lengths to prevent this from happening.
Can a disaster ever be forgotten and forgiveness offered? When does holding on to anger from the past keep you tied there unable to live in the present? This is a touching story about families and struggles with medical and mental health, consequences of careless greedy people. Although this is a work of fiction, it does address the town of Bourne, Massachusetts which has a long history of water contamination issues.
I was pretty excited when this novel showed up on my doorstep from a Shelf Awareness win after I requested the audiobook on Netgalley. You know me, I love going back and forth to keep the reading going. Little did I realize how truly captivating this story would be.
Triplets, Mirabel, Monday and Mab were born after the water contamination in Bourne. Now they live with restrictions and regiments to safely use what water comes into town in bottles. Their mother holds the town’s lawsuit by a thread fighting for justice but hitting rejection. When a new kid arrives in town the sisters realize they may have the ability to find the truth and get the recompense their town deserves by keeping their enemies closer.
Frankel has a wonderful writing style that sticks to the plot and keeps the reader engaged as everything unravels. Hardly any unnecessary filler and a catalyst of emotion you vividly feel as you read and listen. There is so much underlying the storyline that instead of feeling overwhelmed, you find yourself connecting wholey to the triplets and their unique circumstances. From the inability to speak, or walk and possible levels of high functioning thinking, the uniqueness of each sister creates one of my favorite coming of age stories this year. It felt like Romeo and Juliet had a baby with The Poisonwood Bible and out popped this magnificent trio.
The narration is equally gratifying. Narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky and Rebecca Solet; this trifecta of audio vocals was literary perfection for me. The cadence is smooth, expressive and even synthesized for Mirabel who speaks through a machine. The narrators were so in sync that the entire production ran with the grace of a favorite Hallmark movie.
I hope those who enjoy this genre take a moment to puck this one up. Frankel has a gift for writing and I can’t thank Macmillan Audio and Henry Holt enough for the gifted alc and arc.
I found this book very enjoyable and interesting while reading about the Mitchell triplets, Mirabel, Monday, and Mab who grew up in a small town of Bourne that was impacted by water pollution and how the event effected the triplets and the town. This story tells of the high hopes when a new factory started up in their town and then later when it was discovered it was the cause of many people getting sick. Then years later the son of the owner, Nathan, of the factory returns and the impact afterwards is explored. I found this story well written, the characters engaging in this contemporary fiction that I received a free copy from Goodreads and I’m volunteering to review.
This was the quirky story of triplets, no more than that, it was the story of a town devastated by a chemical plant. Nora is the mom of triplets who lost her husband who was a worker at the plant and now is the single mother of the triplets. She gave birth to the triplets naturally, Mab, born first, Monday, because she was born on Monday and the name had two syllables, and Mirabel, who was born too slow and who had severe birth defects but was very, very smart. She could not speak and was quadriplegic except for some movement in one hand but she was very smart. She could think circles around anyone. Nora is the town therapist and Monday, who is definitely on the spectrum, is the town librarian which is run out of their home since the library closed. I’m not going to tell you too much about this story other than the ingenuity of these three girls was outstanding. When Nathan Templeton and his family came to town they pretty much figured out how to stop the start up of the chemical plant. I really enjoyed this one and even recommended it to my daughter.
Frankel presents the dark and potentially depressing subject of eco-terrorism and corporate pollution in a small town through the eyes of three extraordinary teenage girls who go to cheer-out-loud lengths to support their mother and community. This book is joyful, whip-smart, and charming.
Mabs, Monday, and Mirabel (triplet one, two, and three) juggle average teenage issues like boys and homework with their own unique burdens that grow like the syllables in their names. This story could’ve been depressing or heavy-handed but instead, these girls make you laugh and cheer and feel a lump in your throat that isn’t filled with pitty or despair but genuine concern.
Frankel has created such original characters who live in a world they believe is so incredibly ordinary when it is anything but. I doubt these girls would even believe anyone cared to know their lives–their story–because they’ve become so used to it. But we do care. We do want to know how they handle this moment that presents such an important, relative topic. And we want to believe that the key to fighting corporate misdeeds lies in the hands of these three young girls.
I loved it and highly recommend.
My Review One Two Three
By Laurie Frankel
Gifted & Published Henry Holt
On Sale: 6/8/21- Link in Bio
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Wow! This book grabbed me by my heart and soul and didn’t let go until the very last page. It is captivating and told in 3 viewpoints of 3 triplets born and telling the story of growing up in a struggling town in the aftermath of a company that left poison in their water. Each viewpoint was so vividly told and descriptive in the mind’s eye of that teenager and they all are characters that will draw you to them and you won’t ever want to let go. The story of 3 triplets are so different because of what the poison did to them in utero but all the same in being the charismatic hero’s in wanting to protect & save everyone from what’s to come.
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A town called Bourne that has had some pretty amazing people living there including the Mitchell Triplet’s born after a time where a company poisoned the water and turned it green and the workers & residents fell ill of many different ailments. Some end up dying, some are living but in an entirely new way. When Nora delivered the triplets named, Mab, Monday and Mirabel they weren’t exactly the triplets you’d expect and you can blame that on the water. Now 17 years old, they stand by their mom who has fought for justice against the company who poisoned them and left years ago. Their mom, now a single mom since their dad passed away, working several jobs to raise and support them, loves the girls with every fiber of her being. But when the company, who has gone unpunished for so long, decides to come back to their small town under a new name, the Triplets join their mother’s fight and even if they have an unorthodox way of going about it. Because these girls have the will and the brains to get to the very heart of the matter of what poisoned their town.
Laurie Frankel One Two Three
by: Laurie Frankel
Narrated by: Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, Rebecca Soler
Macmillan Audio and St. Martin’s Press
Reviewed by: Jennifer Smith
Deep, multi-layered character development is the heart of Laurie Frankel’s story centering around sixteen-year-old triplets Mab – one, Monday – two, and Mirabel – three. Before their birth, their small hometown of Bourne was sadly forever changed by the contamination of the water. Three talented audiobook narrators expertly provide the voices and capture the personalities of the three daughters of Nora. The girls’ father, Nora’s husband, died because of the environmental disaster. Although Mab’s health was not impacted by the water, Mirabel is in a wheelchair and speaks with an augmentative communication device. Monday, although quirky and on the spectrum of Autism, is smart and takes care of the books from Bourne’s abandoned library in the family home.
When the residents of Bourne find out that family of the controversial chemical plant has moved back to Bourne, the triplets’ lives become even more complicated and challenging as mysteries are investigated and justice sought for all whose lives and health were impacted by poisoned water. I found Mab, Monday, and Mirabel to each be smart, complex, and driven, yet endearing, witty and rich in individuality. Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, Rebecca Soler brilliantly become one, two and three as they cohesively narrate the story of the triplets’ roles in school, family, and community. An interview with author, Laurie Frankel, provides a bonus to listeners of this audiobook. It provides insight into her inspiration and research for the writing of the story. It was very interesting to hear how the narrators were chosen, as well. As a speech-language pathologist, I was fascinated with hearing how Mirabel’s computer generated speech was produced.
Thank you to Macmillan Audio and St. Martin’s Press for an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book, and I gladly provide my review.
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This is a book to ponder, to discuss and to savor the many lessons it teaches. I think it would be perfect for a book club discussion as it deals with many timely and somewhat heavy topics. The title comes from three adolescent girls being raised in a town called Bourne. They are triplets and instead of using their names of Mab, Monday and Mirabel, they just use the numbers “one, two and three” and that is how the points of view are written, too. Mab is smart, active and determined. Monday is introverted, running the town’s library from their home. And Mirabel is in a wheelchair and uses an artificial device to speak. They are trying to help their mom Nora fight a manufacturing company that poisoned their water and their lives, but Belsum refuses to take responsibility or pay out any money to the town’s residents who have suffered immensely from their neglect. I enjoyed the complicated plot and I enthralled with the story of one woman against a giant of industry and their wealthy captains. The town is dying, from the poison and from people fleeing. It’s just dying. When the Templeton family moves to town and sets out to open the factory again, the triplets and their mom are stirred to renewed vigor in their quest to make them admit their guilt and pay a settlement fee. Complicating the issue is the fact that the Templetons have an attractive teen son named River and Mab is distracted from the main quest when she falls in love with River. So many plot twists! The book was slow-paced, but that suited the plot because it fit in with how people were dying in the town. There were parts of the book that read like it had been taken from the headlines, but I was glad that it was fiction. I enjoyed getting to know each triplet and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Monday, the librarian who loved the color yellow, was my favorite since she was methodical in her approach to everything. I actually loved all of the main characters, the good guys, at least. I didn’t see much redeeming about the Templetons until much later on in the book. This is a book worth reading and talking about and fans of contemporary fiction will enjoy it.
Disclaimer
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy from the publisher, Henry Holt and Company. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255, “Guides Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”
This is a unique novel centered around triplets (One, Two & Three) affected by environmental chemical poisoning. The promos for this book described it as unforgettable, tragic and funny. It is unforgettable with a tragic plot but I must have missed the funny part. I found the subject matter to be too serious for laughter. Each triplet has a unique personality as well as unique afflictions caused by chemical runoff from the local plant. The plant that turned the river green, killed off wild life and caused multiple birth defects as well as cancers in the citizens of Bourne. Nora’s love for her daughters and her town are front and center as well as her need for justice. The book is long, very long and contains a lot of dialogue. However, it is realistic, original and inspirational.
Thank you to NetGalley and Henry Holt and Co. for this advanced review copy. In return, I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review. All opinions and thoughts are my own.