In 1955, two girls are shot to death.
*That's all I dare say because it's so good to read it without knowing much, haha*
In 2014, I thought I didn't like historical fiction, or was sure I wouldn't enjoy this genre. Did I really say that??? I remember reading a lot of this back in 2012, but I didn't know what it was called. Simply called them "books set in 1950s/1960s".
I've seen this book in many of the libraries I've been in, but never picked it up because I was always just looking for books that Booktube/Bookstagram have mentioned before. What a mistake. The 5th time or so I saw this title, I decided to just take it.
Books are really best enjoyed not knowing anything about. Jumped into this and immediately loved the setting of 1955. The writing was clear and I could easily imagine the clothes, the places, the characters and how they talked and acted. I loved every bit of it. The changing point of views apart from our main girl Nora really added to the story.
If you're looking for an actual murder mystery though, this isn't the one for you. It doesn't revolve around that, but it's more of a coming-of-age story about letting go, how small a town is and how everyone can know everyone and at the same time not... how being accused of something you didn't do could leave such a huge impact.
This was based on an actual murder in 1955, and reading the author's Afterword just made me wanna cry my heart out. Reading the book halfway I looked at her picture on the back cover flap and was like... Wow, she's old. But there is a reason for that *cries*
I Googled about this real life case, and reading about how every single detail in it matched the details in this book is just........ *cries again*
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