"O" Author
#2019AtoZChallenge - "D"
Where do I start? This book has dark humor, vulgar language, sexual situations, teenage angst, drugs, and a very dysfunctional family. And nothing to do with bees.
Marnie and Nelly bury their parents in the backyard garden after finding them dead; the dad in his bed and the mom in the garden shed. The girls know what happened to them but they are not telling. They do this so they will be able to stay together until Marnie turns 16.
Each chapter is told in an alternating voices:
15 year old Marnie, who has a foul mouth, loose morals, helps out a drug dealer for money and most of all, must keep the family secret of buried parents so she can take care of her little sister.
12 year old Nelly, talented violinist, trusting, and scared someone will learn of their secret.
70 year old Lennie, the gay neighbor, who knows something is going on and takes the girls in to help them. Lennie is lonely and the 3 of them form of family, of sorts.
Weird book, but I found I liked the characters and even after finishing the book, I find myself wondering about how they are all doing.
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