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It is a rare and precious occasion when we stumble accross a book that grabs us and pulls us in so closely that we feel an unmistakeable bond between ourselves and the characters in the book. A bond so close that we see and feel where the author is coming from. ....

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.... Tilghman. Katie is the narrator of the story. About twelve years old, Katie is waiting for puberty to hit, waiting for prince charming, waiting for her father to come to his senses. Her father is a highly ranked and respected serviceman who moves his family to a Texas army base after the death of his wife. Katie struggles with the tradgety of her mothers death but handles her pain in a heartwrenching, stoic manner. Her abusive father, on the other hand, handles his sorrow by showing aggression towards his daughters. This is especially difficult for Katie considering that her father is all that she has to look up to, aside from the neighbors w ....