I
first learned about author Caroline Leavitt from an article in the
January/February 2017 issue of Bookmarks
magazine. Her novels sounded like books I would enjoy so I decided to give her
a try.
This
is her first novel, published in 1980. It deals with two sisters, Rozzy and
Bess, who are as different as night and day. Rozzy is a dark beauty and the
oldest by four years. Bess is fair. Despite their age difference, they are
close and need each other as if they were identical twins.
By
the time Rozzy is ten years old, she hears voices, has vivid fantasies moments
of disorientation. She is diagnosed as psychotic, and that diagnosis dooms
their family.
A
compelling read, this is the struggle
of sisters, trying to desperately trying to hang onto each other until a shattering
conclusion takes readers on a gasping ride to the finish.
The
story did start to drag near the end. It seemed like the same scene was
replayed over and over, using different words. That’s why Meeting Rozzy Halfway receives 4 out of 5 stars in Julie’s world.
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