From Publishers Weekly
In Berg's understated and promising fiction debut, a 12-year-old "army brat" comes to epitomize the quality that her father prizes: emotional durability. Narrator Katie lives on a Texas Army base with her 18-year-old sister and volatile father, an officer of unidentified rank. The girls' mother has died of cancer, although Katie never discusses how much time has passed since the loss. Accustomed to a military lifestyle, suspecting that her home will be only a temporary one, Katie leads a fairly ordinary existence. She and her best friend go swimming, talk about puberty and meet boys. When the inevitable happens and the family learns they're being transferred to Missouri, Katie tries to accept the impending change, but her sister, who can no longer tolerate her father's abuse, rebels. Direct, matter-of-fact sentences convey resilient Katie's point of view; the absence of a maternal figure is acutely felt, particularly in the vulnerable but violent father's frightening temper. Overall, however, this subdued tale of a troubled family is more modest than memorable, insinuating rather than fully examining its characters' motives. Author tour.
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Berg and reader Jen Taylor combine to create a convincing narrative about growing up that avoids the pitfalls of heavy adolescent angst. Katie, the youngest daughter in a military household, is still reeling from the recent death of her mother. The 12-year-old's view of life is now funneled through the teenage sensibilities of two older girls, her friend Cheryl Ann and her sister Darlene. With major characters that are strongly developed once again, Berg has found the right touch of wry insight as well as the wonder of loss in the voice of her young protagonist. Narrator Taylor's sense of the book is well conceived and delivered. It is a short novel that deserves to be heard in this unabridged format. Recommended. Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, NY
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