Review of The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle

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Why would a child be abused by her own mother and siblings? I’m actually interested in finding out. Rina must be a very strong character and I would love to read about her. Thank you for your honest review.
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'Official Review: The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle' by Catherine Memoli sketches the plot of the engrossing romance tale. It mentions the attractive features of the story. This is the story of Rina Mancuso, who suffered abuse from her mother and her siblings at the young age of four. The story portrays love, hatred, abuse, bravery, family, and friendship. Author Katherine Memoli conveys a message of resilience that leaves readers feeling sorrow, inspiration, and admiration for Rina's journey. It was great to learn that there is a lesson to be learned from each character!
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The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle is a book about Rina and how she navigated life from abuse to Surviving. Congratulations on BOTD.
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Rina and her sibling suffered from cruelty from their mother and family. This begins since she was four years old, and it was from a different terrible violence, starting from isolation, remaining in an unhealthy room, which made their love without friends and even carried out physical injuries that left scars. This is a good book about how to grow up with no love on the family and beeing a good person.
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One of the most difficult things to deal with is abused or betrayed by people who should protect and defend you. Family abuse and betrayal is the most severe wound a person may suffer. Rina's really got a lot against her. She's got a lifelong battle to fight. Katherine Memoli's "The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle" is a really touching book. Thanks for the review.
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What a unique twist for a romance novel. I can't possibly imagine the aftermath of so much abuse and neglect. I hope Rina finds happiness and justice. And I hope stories like this open a conversation about the lasting effects of childhood trauma. Thank you for your review.
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The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle" by Katherine Memoli showcase how family won't be there for us always, sometimes they will be the main source of traumas we carry. Despite of all this, she deciding to make her life worth by fighting, surviving is inspiring tale.
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I'm definitely intrigued to read "The Little Garage Girl’s Puzzle" now to see how Rina navigates all of this. It sounds like a really emotional and powerful story, especially with themes like love, hatred, and bravery. Linda and Patrick sound like great characters too, I'm always drawn to stories with supportive figures who make a difference. You mentioned feeling sorrow, inspiration, and admiration - that makes me think this book will be a real emotional rollercoaster.
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I'm not into romance books, so I may not be able to meet Rina. I wonder why her mom treated her that way. How very sad. I hope Patrick will indeed be the answer to her prayers for happiness at last.
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Rina's life seems to be filled with many hardships. How she overcame the feeling oc betrayal seems to be really impressive. Hardship can shape our characters and I believe she became very wise from all that she had gone through. Am looking forward to reading this book.
Thanks for the engaging review!
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"The Little Garage Girl's Puzzle" by Katherine Memoli seems like a heartbreaking and overwhelming tale of a young girl who is abused and isolated from basic human rights. The review itself is very emotional. I find it very heart-touching. Congratulations for BOTD.
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Thank you for your great review. I'm glad you liked the book, and it was wonderfully edited. I felt the book drew me in, too. The first part was hard to read with all of the abuse and her family lying to her again. I was proud of her for being brave enough to take charge of her life. I am curious about her relationship with Patrick, if she finds her father, and how much she protects herself now. I've added it to my list of books to read.
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Well firstly I just love the cover, it's has a type of horror feel to it. Which is exactly what Rina endured with her with her family. I just have to see if Rina will rise above it all, and if she manages in the end not to be defined by it. Thanks for a insightful review. Congrats on BOTD and thanks for the free book.
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From this great review it portrays "The Little Garage Girl"as a great book that brings out Rina's effort to love her family despite the betrayal and abuse they made her go through. It's a book that shows family can hate you even if you're good to them. It's a book I'm going to try out.
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The book leaves you wondering how unfair life can be especially when the people who are supposed to protect you are the first to hurt you But there is also that message of hope that there is always someone willing to help like Linda and that love and perseverance can change many things as seen with Patrick.
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