For fans of Room and The Great Alone.....
A fairy tale about a frog and a princess is turned into a modern day story of survival and warped relationships. Helena is brought up with her parents in the woods of the Michigan Upper Peninsula. She adores her father, who teaches her to hunt and shoot, and can't understand why her mother is so unemotional, or why there are no other kids to play with. When she turns 11, a stranger stops by their house, and all hell breaks loose.
Fast forward 20 years and Helena is married with two adorable daughters, but no one knows. No one knows about who her parents really are, or that her father is in jail, or that her mother was a victim of a kidnapping. Until the day her father breaks out of prison, and Helena is the only one who knows how to find him. What will she do??
Lots of good questions here - about family, love, forgiveness (or not), mental illness, appearances, and secrets. Interesting how the author wove the fairy tale in, and I liked the references to how Helena still struggles with modern society's rules. The majority of the novel is flashback, and her father is violent. But it is a quick read, and worthwhile. Recommended by Sally from my local!!!
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