I'm about half way through the audiobook, and really enjoying it thus far - but it's hard to find the time to devote all my attention to it, which is why it's taking so long.
Having not seen many of the promo interviews, a lot of the information is brand new to me, and I'm finding it pretty riveting. And I'm almost embarrassed to be a male, based on all her tales of sleazy guys lurking around every corner. Hadn't realised the stealing was quite so out of hand either, but I'm guessing it all turns out okay in the end.
The latest chapter I listened to today was describing how the guy at the job wouldn't pay her because she'd turned him down the day before, and he then ignored her the next day. I was fully expecting that Nedra was going to march her back down there and demand she gets the money she rightfully earned, so was quite astounded (and frustrated) when she simply suggest they just live in their cars. Sheesh.
It's quite eye-opening, though, in general. For every Jewel that made it out of that kinda mess, there must be hundreds of thousands who get caught up in that murky web. Depressing, really. Am sure I'll chime in with some more thoughts in the not too distant future...
