A few thoughts on The Silver Star by Jeannette Wells
This was one of the few (well, it was more like many) books I stole from my parent's bookshelf and it was the first I read f rom that selection. This was one my mum personally recommended as she was throwing books away, and I now trust her with book recommendations more after reading this. 'It is 1970 in a small town in California. “Bean” Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that’s been in Charlotte’s family for generations. An impetuous optimist, Bean soon discovers who her father was, and hears stories about why their mother left Virginia in the first place. Money is tight, and the sisters start babysitting and doing office work for Jerry Maddox, fo...