book 8 of 25

I loved this book. I honestly did not want the story to end.  It is a story about life, struggle, and wanting to be something more.  Francie grows up in Brooklyn, NY in the early 1900's.  She is born into a life of poverty and knows at a very early age that she is going to have to work extra hard to get ahead.  At a young age of 14 she lied about her age to her prospective employer so that she could earn a wage for her struggling family.  While on the job she realizes that she really wants to live life-in the fullest.  She threw out a sincere prayer, "Dear God, let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.  Let me be gay; let me be sad.  Let me be cold; let me be warm.  Let me be hungrey...have too much to eat.  Let me be ragged or well dressed.  let me be sincere-be deceitful.  Let me be truthful; let me be a liar.  let me be honorable and let me sin.  Only let me be something every blessed minute.  And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost."
This book was touching and had me in tears in a few spots.  I would recommend this book.  We are discussing it for book club this month and I can't wait to see what the other gals thought of this book.