ASIN: B0FQ7F8M1M
My thoughts:
I listened to the audiobook.
I loved that Joanne Froggatt read this in her very Yorkshire accents and the Yorkshire way this is written. It captured the county and the era perfectly
The subjects this covers/implied are strong and powerful.
Child abuse
Domestic Violence
Murder
Racism
Affairs
This story also addresses mental health of a mother and accidental death of a loved and important character.
Jennie Godfrey and masterfully navigated several subjects without leaving the reader feeling confronted or overwhelmed by them.
But don’t get me wrong this book is not really about murder and there is no graphic details
It’s about two young girls Miv and Sharon with the story written from the view point of Miv a 12yr old girl and we see the world and all its nastiness through her eyes. This story undercurrent is around the Yorkshire ripper and how Miv and Sharon in all their innocence thought they could find out who he was and solve the case.
But their innocence is being shattered living in a time when evil surrounded the country.
I felt for Omar. What a lovely character, I warmed to him. I just wanted him to be accepted and respected. I got annoyed with the way he was treated. The racism from the era portrayed perfectly in the distasteful and cruel way it existed.
This book is powerful and sobering, Jennie has made it so we forever remember the names of the innocent women whose lives the Yorkshire Ripper stole.
About:
welve-year-old Miv is panicking. Life has been complicated since her mom got sick, and now her dad is talking about wanting to move their family away from the town Miv has lived in her whole life—because of the murders. Young women are dying, everyone is afraid, and no one knows who the culprit might be.
But as far as Miv is concerned, leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn’t an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv’s mum stopped talking. Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?
So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a a list of all the suspicious people and things on their street. People they know. People they don’t. But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighborhood, within their families—and between each other—than they ever thought possible. What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?
