The story is essentially the tale of Astrid, a young woman coming of age through a variety of foster homes, and Ingrid, her beautiful but distant mother.
Astrid and Ingrid float through life, adhering to Ingrid's somewhat arbitrary rules regarding relationships with men, until Ingrid breaks her own rules with a man she falls for. He, of course, lets her down and leaves her. She cannot come to terms with this and poisons him. She is sent away to prison and so begins Astrid's journey to adulthood. Astrid finds herself in a number of foster homes through her childhood. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning Parents/lack of parents problem? Wild kid(s)? - committing crimes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes The US: - California Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |