Songs of the Humpback Whale (original 1992; edition 2001)

sucked, couldn't finish

good! ( )

Terrible book ( )

Awful, didn't finish ( )

"The first time Jane Jones tried to leave her husband, her daughter almost got killed. This time, she's going to do it right.
Jane escaped a childhood of abuse into the refuge of marrage, only to find history repeating itself. And when her husband's neglect extends to their daughter too, she knows it must stop.
Taking Rebecca with her, Jane runs away, seeking the only place of safety she knows. But however far she runs, she cannot escape the question always on her mind: hoe can she save her daughter, when she could not save herself"

This book has all the things I like about Jodi's writing, the wonderful airiness and space. The way that the characters are almost haunted by their own thoughts. The confusion in each of the characters, the epifanies that they all have, again and again that builds up the next thoughts.
unfortunatly this is how all her books seem to run togetherl. My advise is that while each book is good to read. Read at least one other book between them so that the sameness does not get to you