100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews

Turning Winds Home for Girls takes in troubled and orphaned girls.  This is where four teenage friends meet and form a strong bond over their unique status of having no parents present in their lives, no visits, no contact, and no phone calls.  Nora, Ozzie, Monica and Grace form The Invisibles, a family of their own, at least until graduation.  Self-proclaimed ring leader of the group, Ozzie, decides that they should all forget and move on after tragic events after graduation.  Ozzie, Monica and Grace move out of town and on to bigger and better, or so it seems; meanwhile Nora stays in town with the Shadow of the Turning Winds Home.  Nora has a job at the library, her dog Alice Walker, her collection of favorite first lines from books, and all the pain of the secrets she has kept from her childhood.  Nora desperately wishes her friends would reunite again, and with one phone call from Ozzie fifteen years later, The Invisibles rise again. 



This is a heartwarming story of friendship, pain, redeeming yourself and moving on.  Each of the four girls carries around an amazing load of baggage from their childhood.  I loved The Invisibles group, they form as a wonderful therapy.  The rules are amazing and what the girls try to do for one another shows true companionship, but as children they can only make themselves feel better at the moment and not actually solve any of the deep-rooted issues in their lives.  Each of the girls was very interesting and with their own personalities, Nora was my favorite of the group quiet, reserved, observant and I loved her first line collection.  It was interesting to see how each woman’s baggage and personality affected them as adults and how they came to eventually deal with it.  The emotions were real and raw with issues that many women might face, abusive relationships, body insecurities, sex, postpartum depression, money and abortion. 




This book was received for free in return for an honest review.