“In a dark
corner of a cavernous walk-in closet packed with designer clothing from New
York, London, Paris, and Rome, a little girl with sandy-brown hair tightly
pulled her tiny, fragile form into a cowering fetal position and huddled low on
the floor.” (LOC 71) A child of privilege trapped in a nightmare.
Her father,
a rich and powerful attorney, is a horrible monster. Can you blame the girl for
running away?
For the
first time in her life, it seems that Dana is free from the nightmare. Even
though she has no money, no prospects, and virtually no idea where she’s going,
it’s still a whole lot better than being stuck in that mansion. However, her evil father will stop at nothing
to bring her back. Injure her if you have
to—those were the vile words he spoke to the P.I. Chilling! After all, what
matters most are image, perfection, and
winning.
Eventually,
Dana hides in the comforting pastures of Small Town USA, which slowed this
accelerating thriller to a peaceful—albeit daunting—pace. There, she meets
Deputy Greg, a kind and considerate man who truly loves Dana.
Well-written
and vivid, Child of Privilege is a
raw and endearing story of fear, hope, and freedom. Keep running. Words that follow our courageous and fragile heroine
throughout this grueling and heartless quest, which only inspires the reader to
keep reading. The price of freedom is a high one with the humiliation,
degradation, and loneliness of surviving on the streets. She will do anything
to avoid going back to Hell, including doing a striptease to a bunch of
rednecks and spending a night in jail. Even though the simplistic cover does
not do the story justice, you will root for sweet Dana all the way. One might
wonder why she never tried to fake her own death. Nonetheless, you’ll want to
see how this all ends.
A gripping
read, and an enticing and bittersweet novel.
My rating: 4 stars
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