What can I say about Edwin? My heart bled for what he's been through. I want to hug her, laugh with her, encourage her and celebrate her. She truly is a gentle warrior, filled with light, wit, humor, strength, and a very loving, and forgiving, heart. But she's never understood just how strong, or special, she really is. She taught herself to read then became self-educated.
Born to the streets, a throwaway scrap of humanity, she's never known true love, never been told, or shown, that she has value, never had a name until she was 12 years old. Gertrude is one of my all-time favorite heroines, in the top 10 at least, possibly the top 5. Characters who, even as I read their final words, I know I will return to revisit, time and time again. Characters who linger in my mind long after I turn the last page. Those stories that pull me from my world into the world of the author's creation, fully immersing me in the hearts and minds of the characters - characters I come to know and love and wish I could meet in person. Then there are those few that are special, that check my boxes, engage my mind, capture my heart.
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