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Sprite
- Narrated by: Marissa Parness
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the best-selling author Peter Meredith: Sprite
Her name is Odd. Twelve-year-old Audrey Wyatt bears the unfortunate nickname "Odd", a name even her bar-hopping, alcoholic mother uses when she's sober enough to recognize the girl. Cowed by life, Odd doesn't protest, not when she's deformed as she is.
Born with a combination of rare birth defects, Odd's eyes are a startling and dreadful red. Demon eyes is the first thought that springs to mind. The little girl takes care to hide them behind dark sunglasses, something her mother insists on, except when she's trading freak-show peeks for dollars or drinks. A practice that is a nightly torture for Odd.
Yet when her mother abandons her, Odd discovers that loneliness and fear of the unknown are far worse than being a freak. Desperate for the least love, and without a cent to her name, the girl with red eyes begins a quest through the American underclass that takes her halfway across the country. Odd thinks her adventure is a search for her mother, but in truth it's a journey into the soul of humanity, where she discovers along the way everything that is both ugly and beautiful in each of us.
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- Daniel
- 20-11-2019
Give this man a beer!!!!
What an outstanding summary of what we all know is a reality for a horrible percentage of the 7.5 billion people on this planet. Not one person should live even in the realm of what is portrayed in this book - how in the name of all that is good will we ever get there. Great book I cried at the end and I am a dude who does not cry. Even though I believe I have a real world understanding of many of the themes outlined I think the book is written in a way that will capture and educate those of us who don’t. A perfect cross over of fiction and non fiction that can educate and entertain at the same time.
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- Trudibubble
- 12-04-2021
Disappointed
I’m such a Peter Meredith fan but this novel was very disappointing. Although I (as always) loved the rich characters and mostly the plot line, I was left wondering what was missing.
Meredith fans will either love or hate this novel, I’m left feeling a great plot wasn’t fully explored.
Bit of a big bummer for me :(
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