The middle bogged down for me in an endless Waiting for Godot loop. Why wasn’t she good enough for her mother to keep? And it is this as much as anything that drives her search for the brother she never knew she had. Despite the tough love of Aunt Vinnie, Frankie is gripped by a sense of loss. The author does a good–scratch that–great job of putting abandonment and its terrible legacy onto paper. I love the author’s sensuous descriptions of street art hidden around the city in fact, I would have enjoyed even more art. I really like Frankie’s punk-yet-vulnerable voice. Along the way she picks up bad boy pickpocket Nate, and together they question all who know Xavier. However, shortly after their meeting, Xavier goes missing, and Frankie seems to be the only one who truly cares.įrankie takes to back streets and junkie warrens searching for clues to Xavier’s whereabouts. As the novel opens, Frankie discovers a brother, a talented street artist, she never knew she had. Currently suspended from school for engaging in a fight with the class bully, Frankie is tough and scrappy because she has to be. Frankie by Shivaun Plozza Publisher: Penguin, 314 pages Format: Ebook Source: Net Galleyįrankie lives with her Aunt Vinnie above Terry’s Kebab Emporium, her addict mother having walked out years before.
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