Tanya Coles

Really hit home.. Alex's unfailingly rock of love and protection for Maddie aid in smashing unkind stereotypes of young Mums and highlight the hurdles to escape. Alex is brave, loving, tenacious, resilient with a deeply human character. I'd love to meet "her". We take so much for granted, here in NZ, with how supported we are to strive for the goal of no child living in poverty, largely because NZ is pretty much a country sized village. There are not enough words. I've read the low star reviews, I understand the why's that others unkindly cast off as being "stupid". I understand why helping others feels like you're accomplishing something, at the worst avoidance but at the best paying the universe. There is no such thing as a "free lunch", there are always strings attached. She has experienced her Mum fall for charmers and put herself first, always, in a different Era, clean up the mess, while trying to claim only think positive and good fortune is luck. I feel the reviewers don't understand there is 25 years of backstory to explain her "whys" and this series or book, as seen, started when she was approaching Summit Fever. If she was calm, and fine, then that's all she felt her daughter needed ...because her daughter trusted her.... protected from feeling unwanted. It's never a child's obligation to be grateful to be ALIVE. If a choice is made, it's a lifelong commitment by the parent. Not the child. And so often the reverse was experienced by Alex. Her life long search for love and stability, to be in her own head to find solutions rather than trust others who fail her over and over. She tryated her gut, because that's all she has been able to count on her whole life and to figure things out for herself. Verbal words mean nothing.. did the low stars reviews even wat h it? Listen to it? The best story I've encountered in years...if not ever.