WHY?

by D.A. Rhodes

"Why?" is a riveting coming of age novel that tells the story of Ella Boxx, a young girl who migrates from East St. Louis to Chicago in the early 60's. Ella recounts the horrifying details of falling victim to a sick and twisted man - a pedophile who claimed to love her. In "WHY?" you'll experience a family full of secrets and an evil that drifts from generation to generation, decaying the very moral fiber of the Boxx family. "Why?" is a compelling, thought provoking, intoxicating story filled with joy and pain that touches the heart.

338 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 5, 2012

Reviews

[Angi Thomas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why you shouldn't read this book

I can get over the typos but it's the content that made it hard to read. Characters that obviously the author didn't card about were given a chapter? We don't care and not enough content to start to care about them. This book was long and extra with no purpose and time jumps that aren't clearly fleshed out.

[Deb Hickman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The topic of child molestation is a difficult one to read, but Ms. Rhodes provides a strong framework to explore how this intergenerational problem feeds on itself and how decisions made in early childhood can have devastating consequences later, but she still leaves you with hope.

[Divine Divas of Literature]

D.D.O.L is currently reading this book for our December discussion which will include sitting down with Author D.A.Rhodes to discuss her book "WHY ?"