Fiona Cummins allows us to watch from the side lines as each element of this story unravels, although we know it is fiction, Cummins talent is in how she manages to transport us into the very centre of her story...we feel the vibrations of the emotions, we can almost taste the iron in the blood...we are in one word...there...
When I was Ten is a tale of two sisters, Sara and Shannon and their childhood friend Brinley...
...but when Sara was ten, she killed both her parents with a pair of scissors....or did she?
What I particularly enjoyed was how Cummins kept the narrative fast paced, without too many unnecessary characters or wild cards. The focus is on the sisters and Brinley, and for me it really helped to give the story its realistic dimension.
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