Once in a while, a great book comes along and leaves its readers breathless. The Edge of Belonging did that for me. I'll get this part out of the way now: Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a cape and goggles.
Ivy Rose Lashley wants to know who she is. She knows she's adopted, she just doesn't know how she came to the people who raised her, how she fits into the world, or how the people around her became her family. Her Uncle Vee has always been there for her, but she doesn't know how he became her uncle, because he's not related to her parents, or to the woman she calls, "Grandma."
When Grandma dies, she asks Ivy to clean the house and get it ready to give it back to the church. Many of the things that Grandma has need to go to the people who can use them most. Some of the things are going back to the original owners, some of them are going to the women's shelter, some of them go to Reese, her longtime best friend.
Amanda Cox is not shy about tackling hard issues including battered women, the flawed foster care system, infertility, abusive and narcissistic men, and men who love without reservation. Her characters have been taken from real life, and her settings are believable to the point that they are familiar to almost every reader. This is a great book, hopefully one that will win many awards. It certainly has my seal of approval.
Revell Publishing and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
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