Wow, first novels don't get much better than this. I give it 4.5 stars out of 5. I would have given it 5 stars, except I wasn't itching to pick it back up each day, and I learned in The Guardian that the story bears a striking resemblance to the Mary Bell case. Slightly disappointing that The First Day of Spring didn't all sprout from Nancy Tucker's imagination. Nonetheless, great novel! The characters were so life-life, and in parts the book is a black comedy. The jacket copy mentioned "humor and horror" — that's a good way of putting it. Can't wait for Tucker's next novel!!!
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