This book was very different to any I have read before and particularly lately. It is the story of Debbie, who has grown up on a Dairy Farm in a small village, and is off to university in a big city. I related to this immensely as I too went to a big city from a place where everyone knows your name! Debbie tries her hardest to cope and befriends Xanthe. Slowly her world spirals out of control and a lot of this is placed on her “dreams” which are clearly a genetic hinderance. I did feel the dream side of it was not explored to the full extent it could have been and added a nice element to what was otherwise quite an ordinary life story. I felt the story was very well written and gave across a lot of different characters despite being written from one viewpoint mostly throughout. I enjoyed watching the characters develop and deal with different things which occurred in their lives but again I felt this could have been developed more. Although there was an ending to the story I do feel that the characters had more to give and I would have liked to see what happened to them next. Perhaps a sequel?
If you want an honest story of a family and how they help each other overcome each other’s difficulties, finding new people to help them and adopt into their circle, this book is perfect for you!