Weekend Pick for March 31, 2023
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For our final pick of March, I would love to share Tess Sharpe’s The Girls I’ve Been. Not only is this soon to be a film starring beloved Millie Bobbie Brown, but it is one of the best page turning mysteries I’ve read in the last year.
The premise: Three teens. Two bank robbers. One way out.
The Girls I’ve Been follows Nora O’ Malley who is an expert at shape shifting and becoming different versions of herself. The daughter of a con artist who targeted criminal men, Nora grew up as her mother’s protege until her mother fell in love with a mark. Then Nora had to pull her own con–escaping from the life and the girls she had been. Nora quickly learns however, “...some traits you can dye away and some names you can forge fresh, but you can’t hide from your true self and the lessons you learned in the dark” (Sharpe, 2021, p.51).
The premise: Three teens. Two bank robbers. One way out.
The Girls I’ve Been follows Nora O’ Malley who is an expert at shape shifting and becoming different versions of herself. The daughter of a con artist who targeted criminal men, Nora grew up as her mother’s protege until her mother fell in love with a mark. Then Nora had to pull her own con–escaping from the life and the girls she had been. Nora quickly learns however, “...some traits you can dye away and some names you can forge fresh, but you can’t hide from your true self and the lessons you learned in the dark” (Sharpe, 2021, p.51).
This becomes even more true for Nora when after several years of living a “normal” life, she has three problems develop: her ex finding out about her new love interest, the awkward errand to the bank the three of them have to complete, and the unexpected danger they are put in when two robbers begin a bank heist. Together, Nora and her friends, Wes and Iris, work together to confront their individual struggles and care for each other while trying to hide from the bank robbers just how important a hostage Nora is.
Layered and fast paced, Sharpe’s novel addresses domestic abuse, endometriosis, and trauma recovery. Through powerful narratives shifting between present time in the bank heist to past versions of Nora’s life, readers gain insight into the ways in which we have the capacity to heal and step fully into our own power, not just for ourselves but to care for others, too. For fans of heist and crime thrillers, this book delivers an enveloping narrative that will captivate your attention and perhaps make you stay up reading past your bedtime!
Until next time, keep reading!
Cammie
Layered and fast paced, Sharpe’s novel addresses domestic abuse, endometriosis, and trauma recovery. Through powerful narratives shifting between present time in the bank heist to past versions of Nora’s life, readers gain insight into the ways in which we have the capacity to heal and step fully into our own power, not just for ourselves but to care for others, too. For fans of heist and crime thrillers, this book delivers an enveloping narrative that will captivate your attention and perhaps make you stay up reading past your bedtime!
Until next time, keep reading!
Cammie
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