Wow. This is an intense read. Very disturbing, yet hard to put down. For those of you who liked A Child Called It, I suspect you would enjoy this book (if one can even use that term with this story). Told from the viewpoint of a 15-year-old girl who has been the prisoner of a pedaphile for the last 5 years, we are introduced to her daily life as she is kept near starvation and under the complete emotional and physical control of her captor. Even though he leaves for work everyday, she has never attempted to escape for fear her family would be killed. One might make the case that there were chances for escape that she missed, but with a brain and body so starved and abused...and young, I thought it was highly plausible she would never have realized those possibilities. To make matters worse, her body is changing and her jailor is growing tired of her. What this means for her becomes the focus of this highly engaging and unsettling novel. (submitted by J.S.)
