Voices from Home

By Neil Caudle

Book Overview

The shooting death of her stepmother turns teenaged Libby against everyone : her confused mother, her dotty grandmother, her aimless brother, her well-meaning aunt, and, worst of all, her adored... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399134212
• ISBN13: 9780399134210
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.8" x 1.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

a strong story, but SLOW...and much tangential information

i read this whole book, and don't regret having done so. caudle really got into the head of his main character, and told a unique and honest story, one better than so many of the hip, modern young adult books out now. it's vein of honesty and lack of pretension were really its strongest points.that said...WHAT THIS BOOK NEEDED AND LACKED MOST WAS A GOOD EDITOR!!! some of the characters desperately needed to be tightened up (the black friend Tina Triplett), and the story line needed to be condensed just as desperately. at times i just got plain sick of reading about tangents into essentially irrelevant and not even very interesting areas. i only continued reading because of the story's strong and clear essence. the main character, her father, her brother, and her mother - and all of their relationships were on the money.last gripe: the cruelty of the child protective services workers, Ramona, was over the top, as was the character of the friend Tina, and these two characters...so unlike the others in the book...came across as caricatures of potential characters.