A Greater Goode

by Amy Schor Ferris

“Not everyone needs a friend, Addie. Sometimes people just wanna be left alone. You’re just gonna have to start mindin’ your own business and let people be.”

Remembering her dad’s words, Addie’s not sure what to do when she comes across a young woman obviously in need of a friend. Especially when Luke, her best friend, tells her not to get involved. But Addie, being Addie, can’t turn her back on Rachel, who’s very pregnant and in a relationship with an abusive boyfriend. Addie gives her food and clothes, but when Rachel stirs up too many memories of Addie’s own mother, who abandoned her when she was three, Addie has to ask her to leave. Soon, though, because of her tendency to start conversations with strangers, Addie again finds she has to get involved in Rachel’s life and with the help of Luke and Jessie, her housekeeper/friend/confidante, she goes in search of her. Twelve-year-old Addie Goode and her pal Luke are characters you won’t soon forget in this funny and uplifting novel about life, friends, mothers, and not minding your own business.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published April 29, 2002

About the author

Amy Schor Ferris, former film and TV writer/producer, lives in Pennsylvania and New York City with her husband, Ken. A Greater Goode is her first book, but definitely not her last.

Reviews

[no · Rating 1 out of 5]

When I was done I wish I had never read it. It's a book that leaves you really sad at the end. I didn't like the way is was written at all. It was almost annoying in a way, I know she meant well since it's from a Southern view I think, but it was awful reading it.

I wouldn't read it again.