Finding Me by Michelle Knight ***

This is the story of the first of the three women to be kidnapped in the Cleveland house back in 2002,Michelle  Knight, who was 21 at the time of her kidnapping. She was the woman who, when the three women were found in 2013, did not wish to return to her home.

Reading this book certainly explained why she didn't want to return- unbelievably dysfunctional people, and it is so unfair that this young woman had to endure what she went through in that house with " the dude"( she refuses to use his name) after the neglect and abuse she suffered all her life.

But her imprisonment conditions! A filthy house, being chained to a pole or a bed for most of her years there, sometimes naked for months at a time, let alone the physical and sexual abuse she endured.

This was a difficult book to read, especially the early months of her capture, but once again showed how strong the human spirit is. Bravo, Michelle!

A Rhinestone Button by Gail Anderson- Dargatz ***

Joe is a farmer living on his farm near Godsfinger, Alberta- the hub of fundamental Christianity, it seems, and Job's brother Jacob, a useless twit who is an even more useless excuse as a pastor, is always trying to "save" him, while Job just wants to find a good woman and settle down. 

This novel is a good send-up of all those people who believe fervently in one thing and live self- centred lives around their beliefs, and think being saved will solve all their problems.