Girl in the River
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The story of Mae Rose begins in an Oregon lumber town during the Depression. She is the daughter of a single mother who runs a boarding house. The mother dies from a botched abortion. This sets the frame for Mae’s next 20 years as she ends up homeless in Portland, is forced into prostitution and then works for an abortionist as Portland changes.
I am a native Portlander, so this has the added pleasure of familiar places.
At the beginning I think the author was trying to write in the style of a 40’s crime novel with lots of slangy descriptors. The tendency faded as the story progressed or I fell into mood of the book.
The story of Mae Rose begins in an Oregon lumber town during the Depression. She is the daughter of a single mother who runs a boarding house. The mother dies from a botched abortion. This sets the frame for Mae’s next 20 years as she ends up homeless in Portland, is forced into prostitution and then works for an abortionist as Portland changes.
I am a native Portlander, so this has the added pleasure of familiar places.
At the beginning I think the author was trying to write in the style of a 40’s crime novel with lots of slangy descriptors. The tendency faded as the story progressed or I fell into mood of the book.
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