Title: A fast, engaging read
Product review: This is a book you will tear through. I was drawn in from the start, and my interest never waned.Sara, pregnant at 15, gives birth at 16 and opts for an open adoption. The adoptive parents, Eva and George, are, predictably, more charmed by Sara before the birth. Once baby Anne enters the picture, Sara's presence becomes more of a burden. Sara's youth and confusion over her emotions and predicament lead her to make some questionable choices that drive a wedge into the open adoption.Leavitt makes some choices that I questioned. Years pass whenever it's narratively convenient, an unbelievable coincidence allows for characters to be reunited after more than a decade, some characters, most notably Sara's parents, are paper-thin. Still, Girls In Trouble is a character-driven novel worth reading because the characters doing the driving are ones you'll care a lot about.
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