God Don't Like Ugly

God Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe p. 340

Annette has a pretty depressing life. People call her fat and ugly, and eventually she starts believing it. Her father leaves their family for a white woman and she and her mother move somewhere that she hopes will be better for them. They live with a madam for awhile until they are able to get their own place (not to mention Scary Mary keeps going to jail and they shut the whore house down). Her mother takes in a boarder, Mr. Boatwright, who is a nightmare. He is an old smelly man and even worse, he's a rapist. On top of all that her friend Rhoda is crazy and causes all kinds of stress and drama in her life.

This book was enjoyable but a little difficult to read. This was my second time reading it and it was probably even harder the second time because I know more. I have read two of the other books in the series. She is a great writer. However, she isn't an author I recommend to a lot of people. I think people would enjoy her books but the subject is a little touchy.