I just finished the novel "Strange Sally Diamond". I've been reading it for several days. The entire story was disturbing – par for the course for Liz Nugent – but DANG. I wasn't expecting the ending to be quite that grim. Everything Sally went through, all the positive change she managed to make in her life, all to find out the ones she thought were family, weren't, and those who actually cared about her just ditched her in the end.
I know the character had her issues, but one thing I enjoyed about the book was that those around her didn't give up on her, and continued to care about her. I kind of understand everyone leaving her, logically – you can only put so much into someone who is not capable of giving anything back. But it was still an awful way to end things.
by Whisper-1990