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Reviewed on July 1, 2011
Marjorie Richards lives in rural New Hampshire in a shack in the woods with unemployed parents so socially isolated that they speak their own dialect of English. They are also devoted to a sadistic, self-styled minister who recommends starving children and dumping freezing water on them as punishments. The spring Marjorie turns 17, her aunt arranges for her to work for a young sto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJuly 1, 2011 | LJXpress
Marjorie Richards lives in rural New Hampshire in a shack in the woods with unemployed parents so socially isolated that they speak their own dialect of English. They are also devoted to a sadistic, self-styled minister who recommends starving children and dumping freezing water on them as punishments. The spring Marjorie turns 17, her aunt arranges for her to work for a young sto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
