If there's one thing that Madeline, Desiree, and Ariel are going to have to learn, it's that you can never take family for granted. Though the three girls are from three completely different decades of America, their stories and dysfunctional families are pretty much the same. Madeline is overweight and bordering on depression...until she meets someone who she really believes is the love of her life. Life gives Desiree a sound smack in the head when a regular car ride with her stepfather turns into the last thing anyone needs. And after a shocking and secret-spilling visit to the hospital, poor Ariel is sure she'll never see her mom (or her green mountain of a grandma) the same way again. In an absorbing tale of complicated and fateful relationships, the lives of three somewhat atypical girls are twisted and joined by decisions, fate, and a good dose of misfortune.
Spoilers, yay! So as soon as I saw that their lives are going to be intertwined, I was like, well thanks for spoiling the end of the book. Um, different decades, teenage pregnancy, three girls? They're related. Duh. Yeah.
Anyways, scorn aside, Blue Plate Special really came out as a great (if slightly depressing) read. Though prose in books usually makes me bored and biased, I was actually a bit sad that Desiree's narration was the only one in that format. Every single character, main or supporting, had personal mini-conflicts, and the storyline was quick to pick up on and quite surprising apart from the mother-daughter thing. But plot twists seem to be something Michelle Kwasney loves using...
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