The astonishing debut novel from international number one bestselling author Paullina Simons, beautifully repackagedTully Makker is a tough young woman from the wrong side of the tracks and she is not always easy to like. But if Tully gives friendship and loyalty, she gives them for good, and she forms an enduring bond with Jennifer and Julie, school friends from very different backgrounds.As they grow into the world of the seventies and eighties, the lives of the three best friends are changed forever by two young men, Robin and Jack, and a tragedy which engulfs them all.Against the odds, Tully emerges into young womanhood, marriage and a career. At last Tully Makker has life under control. And then life strikes back in the most unexpected way of all... (amazon.de)

El gran deseo de Tully desde los diecisiete años era una pura contradicción: soñaba con no soñar. Quizá porque su vida estaba forjada a golpes de carencia y ella sabía mejor que nadie lo que significaba desear: desear lo que no se tiene, lo que se ha perdido, lo que se anheló un día, lo que es de otros. Y el deseo nunca viene solo. Goza siempre de la compañía de la enajenación, es egoísta, tozudo y, sobre todo, proporciona tanta alegría como dolor.

DNF. Made it 18 pages. I gave up at the slut-shaming scene between a mother (the shamer) and daughter (the "slut"�). Don't have the patience or heart to spend my reading time on something so awful.
Also, I was getting annoyed with all the "Said Tully... Tully said... Jen said... said Jen"
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Loved this book but I am on the fence with my feelings about the main character of Tully. Her early life is such a tragedy and it shapes most everything in her life as an adult. While I have tons of sympathy for her, I absolutely hated some of the decisions she made. Things she did she knew better than to do them, yet she did them anyway. I know that young adults have not been in the world long enough to always make the wisest of choices; however, Tully was just out of control. She made her own bed and now she has to suffer the consequences.

I also wanted to shake Robin. He is such a good guy (most of the time) however his failure to communicate only made a bad situation worse. They both needed counseling. Things would have been so much different it they had gotten counseling.

In short, good book and great character development. Just be prepared to have a love hate relationship with some of them. In addition, this is a great book for discussion. So much to talk about you could write a thesis, or two, about the various topics. The effects of child abuse on adults alone is a subject that you could spend an entire lifetime of study. ( )

I loved this book! It was one of those that I didn't want to end. ( )