(13)Girl A: A Novel by Abigail Dean

 

Lex Gracie is a survivor. She is "Girl A" of the group of siblings that were rescued from the "House of Horrors" and Lex has been trying to put it behind her ever since. When their mother dies in prison, she leaves Lex in charge of her estate, forcing Lex to confront her past and her siblings. She has an idea to turn their childhood home into a community center, hoping to exorcise some demons along the way. And that starts by contacting each of her siblings and getting them to agree to the plan. They all went their different ways after escaping, each of them going to different foster homes, to be adopted in the end by people with very different motives.  Will Lex be able to survive this trip down memory lane?

Girl A is a haunting novel about a young woman and her siblings that went through a horrific ordeal. Lex tells the story through flashbacks that are mingled with present-day events. She never is very explicit in her descriptions of what happened, but the reader's imagination does an excellent job of filling in the blanks. And it is enough to make you sick to your stomach. It was clear that Lex and her siblings were carrying scars from their childhood, but in different ways. As the main narrator, we get to see just how deeply troubled Lex is because of her childhood. CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS. 

Bottom Line - The disturbing nature of the story may be too much for some readers, but if you can handle the disturbing nature of the story, you will find a gripping story about survival. 

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• Girl A: A Novel by Abigail Dean
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• Pages: 352
• Publisher: Viking
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• Thank you to NetGalley for the book in exchange for a review.