Rising by Darnella Ford

Rating:   PENS!!!!

Behind Closed Doors
 

At eight years old, Symone has known nothing but poverty and chaos. She is a biracial child living in the projects with her drug addicted prostitute mother. While other children are outside playing with their friends, Symone is forced into being the "adult" in the household. Symone tells us her story of taking care of her mother, helping her through the night sweats, having no food or hot water. She shows us the unconditional love a child has for their parent.

When her mother dies of an overdose, Symone is shipped off to an orphanage. A rich white family adopts her and whisks her away to a huge house and better life. But, is this life really better? The Hudson house may look perfect on the outside, but there are many dark secrets on the inside.

Ridge and Madeline Hudson have two other daughters, Audrey and . We get to know each member of the Hudson< family along with their stories of emotional and sexual abuse through flashbacks during a mandatory family meeting called by Ridge Hudson.

The characters in 'Rising' are well developed and realistic. The intense story line will make your heart ache for the children. I read the self-published version of this book and was a little disappointed in the changes that were made. I prefer the original ending over this one because it seemed to be more realistic for this story. This is still an excellent read and real page turner.

Tina

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