The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry - ADVISABLE

Barry, Brunonia The Lace Reader pgs.368 Flap Jacket Press

Language~PG-13; Sexual Content~PG-13; Violence~PG-13

HS –ADVISABLE 

“Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns of lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations, but the disappearance of two women brings Towner home to Salem and the truth about the death of her twin sister to light.”(taken from the Hardcover edition flap)

I would recommend this title to high school libraries that have readers ready for grown-up fiction. Towner is a troubled adult who has spent some time in a psychiatric hospital. Readers will connect with Towner. This is a great read. There is frequent swearing in this book mostly 'h's and 'd's, however the ‘f’ word is used once or twice.

Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Library