MG-FF:Out Of Darkness-2 *Thread - 2* - Page 27

I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This is the story of Lena, a new white girl in a school that's population is mostly black. Marie, who is an upper class African-American becomes the unlikely friend to Lena, who usually looks dirty and unkempt next to the fashionable and popular Marie.

Right here – right with this friendship I was already liking the book. With both families frowning on their daughters friendship with someone who is "another color" . I appreciated that this book was in contrast to many others I have read, and it is Marie's family that had the money and the nice home was the African-American family, and it is Lena's home that is in the bad neighborhood.

This book gets deep when Lena confides in her friend Marie that her father is touching her inappropriately. Marie, who has never been around such a think has a hard time wrapping her mind around this, even accusing Lena of lying for attention. This subject in the book, as well as Marie's reaction to it, seems very well written…. I can picture it happening.

Lena makes Marie promise not to tell anyone and this is another part of the book where you watch Marie try to help without being able to. All she can do is look out for Lena when she can.

So, here, Meera could be a friend like Marie, to Geet.

As of now, these are the two that i can think of. Probably later on, i'd give you a few more.

Update soon. 😊