Our Little World
Our Little World by Karen Winn
9780593184493
Pages
Publisher: Penguin Group Duton
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Fiction, General Fiction, Family Relationships, Abduction, Diabetes
Fourteen-year-old Bee and her sister Audrina live with their parents in a cul-de-sac neighborhood in the 1980s. Bee is jealous of her younger sister. She is the tomboy in the family while Audrina is pretty with delicate features and makes friends easily.
New neighbors move in next door with teenage Max and four-year-old Sally. The mothers take turns driving the kids to the lake and the club. On one excursion to the lake, Sally goes missing. Bee finds a piece of the charm bracelet that Audrina gave Sally before she went missing but doesn’t report it. This weighs heavy on her but as time goes by, she doesn’t know what to do.
The story is fast paced, the main characters are developed and flawed individuals. It is easy to like and dislike them as the story progresses. It is written in the first-person point of view as a memoir or diary. I did not know where the story was going and was sucked into the twists. I really enjoyed the author’s writing style and look forward to reading more from her.
