Durable Goods

Katie Nash, Book 1

By: Elizabeth Berg

Narrated by: Natalie Ross

On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend’s house - until Katie’s admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life.

Written with an unerring ability to capture the sadness of growth, the pain of change, the nearly visible vibrations that connect people, this beautiful novel by the best-selling author of Open House reminds us how wonderful - and wounding - a deeper understanding of life can be.

©1993 Elizabeth Berg (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

I wished for a different ending

Good story, but not my favorite by Elizabeth Berg. I wish there was more to father’s side of the story or at least some explanation why he was acting like that towards his daughters.

Not all stories have happy endings😟

I would have liked a happier ending but a touch of reality is sometimes okay.