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Trigger Warnings: Suicide attempt (not graphically depicted) and sexual assault (not graphically depicted)

Little Gold is a touching, heartfelt story about a little girl called Little Gold who is struggling to navigate a family falling apart and a world which is not accepting of who she is: a tomboy and a lesbian. Her neighbor, Peggy, an older woman, with grandmother like qualities, befriends Little Gold in part to bestow upon her acceptance and information Little Gold would otherwise not have received.

This book was challenging to get into at first. It is heavily British and there are many words which I was not familiar with, though they made sense in context. It is a slow start and it was not entirely clear where the book is going. In fact, I expected the book to go into more depth about the girls who bully Little Gold for dressing like a boy, but that storyline faded away quickly. This is not exactly a coming of age story, particularly around Little Gold’s identity and sexuality. Instead, it is a coming of age story during a family crisis and a significant shift in living standards. It is a story of navigating through the dark.

It is hard for me to describe this book as it is an emotion that carries one through to the end. Somehow, Little Gold grew on me and I felt for her as she watched her family fall apart, helpless to do much of anything. Yet somehow, this is not a book which made me cry; there is always this sense that things will work out.

This book tends to be a bit vague, though the major plot points are resolved. I was a bit disappointed with how well things wrapped up in the end as it was a bit too convenient. But it was so heartwarming, the end didn’t much affect the rating.

I recommend this book to the serious reader; the kind of reader willing to push past a slow beginning to get to an amazing story. This book is not for everyone, but it is an excellent book for the right type of reader.

I received this ebook free from Netgalley and publisher Legend Times Group in exchange for an honest review. This review originally posted on my blog, Diversifying Perspective: One Book at a Time. Please consider checking it out: https://diversifyingperspective.wordpress.com/

This book surprised me on many levels - it was beautifully written and contained a story that isn't used over and over again. It is a unique story with not many huge surprises but many turn and twists. It is a story that doesn't have the typical up and downs but kind of stays on level but there still something intriguing about it that keeps threader interested and rooting for little gold and her siblings.

I can't say I liked this too much. The story moved very slowly and felt very repetitive; after a while I was sick of the description of Malcy having an asthma attack. Peggy was a bit interesting, but undeveloped, and I was left wanting a bit more excitement from her life. But most of these issues are surmountable as Rogers continues to write more books.