quoting dogs

J.T. Carlton challenged me to post three quotes in three days. Thanks JT! He writes beguiling words, go read them. The rules are:

1. Thank the person who nominated you
2. Nominate three more blogs
3. Post one quote each day for three days

I never liked rules, so I’m bending them. Today I’m quoting dogs in YA (and my quote days may not be consecutive). I nominate Dave Astor. Feel free to follow the rules or blog about literary dogs (I would prefer the latter).

letter to Maureen McCarthy

Today I read The Unfinished Bookshelf’s Q&A with Maureen McCarthy about her inspiration for Stay With Me. Yesterday I read Allen & Unwin’s blog about Maureen McCarthy’s book launch in early May. I liked Stay With Me, but if I read these two blogs before posting my review, I might have blogged about my horror at what Maureen McCarthy said about mental illness at her book launch.

Stay With Me

“‘My daddy sometimes hurts Mamma,’ she tells Harry, apropos of nothing.”

Maureen McCarthy’s Stay With Me is a haunting portrayal of the horrors of love spirally into violence and heart-wrenching terror. Tess is on the run from an abusive partner with her three year old daughter Nellie, terrified, confused and not thinking with the sharpness she used to.