The Girl I Wanted to Be: A Novel
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"Can you keep a secret?" Betsi asks Presley, who, at age fourteen, is eager for entrée into the adult world of beauty, attraction, and romance. But as Presley is about to discover, some secrets should never be revealed. Will the illicit thrill of being a trusted confidante, privy to the details of muddled entanglements and incompatible desires, be worth the consequences of guilt by association?
Propelled by the crash of falling idols, The Girl I Wanted to Be is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.
Sarah Grace McCandless
Sarah Grace McCandless is the author of Grosse Pointe Girl. She lives in Washington, D.C. Visit her on the web at www.sarahdisgrace.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Presley’s relationship with her mother’s young sister, Betsi, could be better described as “friend” than as “aunt”. The fourteen-yearoldhad always admired Betsi as the “girl she wanted to be” and eagerly accepts her advice on everything from clothes toboyfriends. However, Betsi has substance abuse problems and this warrants her to live with Presley’s family until she canstraighten-out her life. Presley gradually begins to loose her veneration for Betsi as she sees her flaws and learns of a disturbingsecret which Betsi hides from the family. This is a poignant story of an adolescent girl who learns to believe in who she is and totrust her instincts of right and wrong.
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