Books like Jewel

2.5I started this book years ago during my "Read every single book from Oprah's book club" stage. Looking back now I realize that I really enjoyed some of them but I didn't finish quite a few of them. I picked this one up a few weeks ago, skimming through it to refresh my memory as best I could and then finished reading it. This book takes placed in Mississippi in 1943. Jewel who already has five children finds herself pregnant with her sixth child. The baby, Brenda Kay is born with Down's Syndrome. The family is devastated but Jewel is determined to do whatever she can to make Brenda Kay's life easier. I've gone back and forth rating this one. I just had a really hard time connecting with Jewel. I admired her in some ways but really had an issue with some of her decisions. That being said I respected the fact that she wanted the best for her child and would do anything to make that happen. I'm glad I went back and finally finished this one but in the end I just felt like something was missing and I couldn't get past many of Jewel's actions and her ego.Thank goodness that I now have Goodreads to find new books to read.