The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown is a coming of age tale, following the life of the protagonist, Charity Brown. Charity’s family belong to a strict religious sect and the story follows the young girl as she struggles to find her place in the world.

I am a big fan of Elizabeth Laird and so really looked forward to reading this book. Whilst it’s a nice story, I cannot say it gripped me. It’s semi-biographical, linking to Laird’s own childhood, and it felt more like reading a biography than a fictional story. While it was an interesting read, it wasn’t particularly exciting and it was hard to warm to the characters.

As a result of a few sexual references, I wouldn’t share this book with primary aged pupils. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

I've been reading Laird's books since I was about 12 years old and Red Sky in the Morning was a set text, and I've enjoyed them all.
This book however takes this to a new level and it was a delight to spend time with Charity and her family. The themes of the story were very carefully handled and complex ideas explored within the narrative and never once feeling 'preachy.'
I hope that this book is a huge success and I think that readers of Hilary McKay, Eva Ibbotson and Emma Carroll with love it.

I was unable to send this to my kindle and unfortunately it didn't work properly on my netgalley shelf either and so I am unable to review.

I am not able to send this book to my kindle and therefore I cannot access. it. I am not able to read it and leave a proper review. Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the e-arc.