My rating: 4 of 5 stars As the title suggests, this book tightens your throat with its raw poignancy of an innocent girl born into a family who cannot and does not care for her. Her innocence is so beautifully shown that it is truly believable and she has no vocabulary for the ways of …
Tag: dyslexia
The gift or the curse of words
My husband, Steve, mixes up his words. It’s a problem of his. I’ve learnt how to translate what he’s saying. Others are not so fortunate. We were at an African restaurant one evening. It was very elegant, decked out in an African theme, leopard print on the chairs, pictures of lions and giraffes decorating the …