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    Keep Sweet

    By Michele Dominguez Greene

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    Alva Jane has never questioned her parents, never questioned her faith, never questioned her future. She is content with the strict rules that define her life in Pineridge, the walled community where she lives with her father, his seven wives, and her twenty-eight siblings. This is the only world Alva has ever known, and she has never thought to challenge it.

    But everything changes when Alva is caught giving her long-time crush an innocent first kiss. Beaten, scorned, and now facing a forced marriage to a violent, fifty-year old man, Alva suddenly realizes how much she has to lose--and how impossible it will be to escape.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Pulse
    Release dateMar 9, 2010
    ISBN9781439157466
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    Michele Dominguez Greene

    Michele Dominguez Greene is the author of Keep Sweet and Chasing the Jaguar. She is active in numerous writing and literacy workshops with inner city kids throughout Southern California, and speaks regularly at conferences around the country. She has published articles in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Animal Wellness Magazine, and Cuerpo Magazine, and has had a long-standing, successful career as an actress, appearing in television, film, and theater. She lives in Los Angeles.

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    • 4/5
      This is a decent read, though at this point it does seem to feel as though all of these books with the same general plot all tell the same story with different character names. Granted, for good reason, but they really do all progress in essentially the same way, which also serves to make them fairly predictable. And, this one is no exception. Still worth the read though, if the subject matter sounds interesting to you.
    • 5/5
      This was a really good book. I couldn't put it down.
      It did make me angry though. I know it's fictional, but its based on real events and real beliefs. I just... I just can't agree with polygamy. In my mind, that doesn't work.

      I learned a lot of this book. Some I knew and some I didn't. I just can't believe that eleven year old girls are married off to men in their 50's. That woman are expect to give birth to a child every year they are married. Just blows my mind!

      Gah!
    • 3/5
      This short, harrowing young adult novel tells the story of Alva Jane, a fourteen-year-old girl living in a Fundamentalist Mormon community. The story is familiar to anyone who's previously read on the subject, and while the pages turn quickly, as you worry for Alva's safety and sanity, the overall experience leaves something to be desired. Alva's voice is inconsistent; sometimes she seems to know nothing about the "Gentile" outside world, at other times she explains her religion and community as if from an outsider's perspective. There's a lot of exposition, and a lot of clunky dialogue. And although this book is marketed as young adult, there's a brutal, graphic rape scene of Alva by a much older man that would make me hesitate recommending this to all but the most mature teenagers. I can only recommend this if you're really interested in the FLDS and want to read whatever you can on the subject. For the casual reader, I'd say skip it. Two and a half stars.
    • 5/5
      I found this young adult novel about life in a polygamist cult to be an incredibly compelling read. Alva Jane is the oldest daughter of a favored wife, and has enjoyed her childhood on the compound, oblivious to the darker tones that underpin her life. She is looking foward to marrying a young man in her community until one innocent stolen kiss shatters all their dreams. Married off to a violent abusive older husband, Alva Jane is forced to take a new look at her life and the lives of those around her.Alva Jane reads as a complete and believable character with a strong narrative voice. I read this book through in one sitting, unable to walk away from Alva Jane and her suffering. An excellent novel, this book does deal realistically with the darkness of child marriage and so includes sex scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. A highly recommend read.
    • 3/5
      I found this book hauntingly accurate. The author has done her research and has told a tale of a fictional young woman with a story very similar to many others who have told their story of FLDS women in the culture.I was a little disappointed with some of the improbable scenarios as I think she may have gotten the LDS church confused with FLDS church which are very, very different. The FLDS don't actively proselyte. The FLDS do not attend BYU because it is difficult to get admitted and they would have to pay non-member prices since the members subsidize the school with tithes. I mean members of the mainstream Mormon church. It is much more likely a member of the FLDS church would be "chosen" and called to attend Southern Utah University or Dixie State. They are not an uncommon sight at those two colleges.Besides that, the story is solid although a couple of other facts are crossed over to the LDS church. These churches split over a hundred years ago and have clearly developed in different directions. I would have appreciated a more clear delineation.That said, Michele Greene's writing style is flowing and she weaves an engaging story that is difficult to put down. I look forward to more of her books.