A friend from church told me about this book. I have to pass on her suggestion. If you're looking for a good book to read - here you go. Cee Cee is a young girl growing up in Ohio with a mentally unstable mother, who does crazier and crazier things which embarrass and upset Cee Cee. This instability seems to have been brought about by her deteriorating marriage and the fact that she misses her home in Savannah, Georgia. He father doesn't know how to handle the situation and so decides to be absent from the home more and more, and she eventually realizes that he is involved with someone else. Cee Cee has too much to deal with and sees far too much for her young self. She does have one old neighbor who she spends time with and who knows the situation but doesn't have any friends her age because of her mother and the stigma that has been placed upon her due to her mother's actions. Unfortunately, her mother doesn't stay at home being crazy she runs around town in crazy outfits reliving her "Vidalia Onion Queen" days, tiara and all. Cee Cee decides to pray about the situation and the answer is very surprising - actually it doesn't look like an answer at all - until some time elapses and Cee Cee gets some perspective.
This book is colorful, funny and also emotional in spots. Cee Cee has help (in the form of an aunt and a new best friend) coming to terms with her feelings for her mother and father, as well as her feelings of guilt and insecurity. For some reason I could relate to Cee Cee and the fact that she had to grow up too soon. I listened to this on CD and the lady reading was fantastic, (ranked somewhere around Jim Dale even). A big thumbs up!
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