Strange Sally Diamond
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Reviewed by L. Bennett
Sally Diamond got off to a bad start in life and now her adoptive parents are dead and she is handling the loss poorly. When a mysterious letter and then a well-used teddy bear come in the mail, her world unravels and her social skills may not be good enough to deal with memories triggered by the bear. Peter also got off to a bad start, his mother died and his father goes to extraordinary lengths to keep Peter's disease from becoming fatal. Liz Nugent, author of this psychological character study, explores how unspeakable childhoods shape and challenge Sally and Peter in similar and divergent ways. The question is how their futures are defined. Will parental role models prevail or will Sally and Peter each be able to set their own course?
