Josephina Wolohan is seven years old when her father dies. Her world is turned upside down and she needs a friend. She finds not one, but three solid, true, loyal, mischievous, funny friends. Maggie, Cat, and Mikey Ann stand by her through thick and thin. They help her through all the bad times, create the good times, and get her into plenty of trouble. They help her grow up. Going between the past and the present, when Josephina is 14 and her mother is in the hospital in a coma from a boating accident, Lois Paige shows us how great friendships develop and the strength and tenderness of those friendships in times of need. Her writing is fun, quirky, tender, brilliant, and funny. Her use of details summons up the 60’s as if out of the gritty earth of Butte, Montana. I remembered things I didn’t even know I knew. I felt this novel as if I lived it. I laughed out loud several times. I cried too. Simply put, The Butte Girls’ Club is a wonderful experience. Paige has created engaging, believable characters with big dreams and huge amounts of rock-solid love, friends who frequently find themselves in precarious predicaments. If you are from Butte, if you grew up in the 60’s, or if you just love damn good writing with a huge heart, read this book!
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Love your review, Milana!!