A Southern Gothic gem It's the mid-1950s in small-town Arkansas. While most children fear the imagined monster in their closet or under their bed, for five-year-old Anna Fay Kelly, her monster is quite real--her mother Flo. She witnessed her mother murder her father in a fit of rage-not in self-defense, as the jury believed when they found her not guilty of murder. Now every day, Anna and her elderly Aunt Ellie must bear the brunt of Flo's unpredictable fury, malice, duplicity, and cruelty. Deceived by Flo's beauty, wit and charm, no one listens to Anna's cries for help. Flo tells them Anna is "bad" and "tells stories" and "a mother knows her own child, doesn't she?" The abuse worsens when Flo remarries to a man whose psychopathy rivals her own. Finally, at age eleven, Anna knows what she must do to protect herself and her frail aunt from further harm. Aunt Ellie said, "Never tell", but blood always tells... "This book may be fiction but the actual story has happened to many people. If you like to read drama then I highly recommend this book. An awesome story "-Readers' Favorite review
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