Push

I don't know if I have the heart to finish Push. This book has made me SO incredibly sad. My heart breaks with every page. But, in a way, I feel like a hypocrite if I don't finish it. It feels hypocritical that I don't have the guts to read the book, even though I get to return to my nice cozy world when I put the book down. Countless numbers of girls actually LIVE this life.

But, I don't really return to my cozy little world when I put the book down. The book haunts me. I think about it constantly--when I'm changing my baby's diaper, when I'm nursing her, when I get frustrated with my husband or my kids, when I'm cooking, when I'm lying in bed at night. I can't get away from it. It makes me so sad for this girl and for all the people like her who live this life all around the world. What a shame. What a tragedy.

OK, I know this book is fiction, but it encapsulates real stories of real lives of real people. This interview that Katie Couric did with the author (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5426254n) makes me feel a little better. It gives me hope. It makes me want to finish my education degree!