This was a book a co-worker lent me and recommended a long time ago. It took me forever to get around to it, I'm pretty sure it was over a year. I just finished it today and I can't believe I didn't find time to read it sooner. It captivated me from the very beginning. I didn't want to stop reading, I picked it up every chance I got, and pages would fly by without me realizing I had read 100+ pages since I last looked at the bottom to track my progress.
Trust Me is about two little girls who lose their mother, their father goes to jail, and their grandmother is too old to be able to keep looking after them...so they get sent to an orphanage. Their life is horrible. The things they endure is incredible. Then they're given an opportunity to go to Australia, and it looks like their life will be so much better, so they take it. Luckily the girls are sent to the same orphanage upon their arrival, so they stay together, but this place is far worse than the one they left in England. It goes on telling their story. The older sister turns 15 and can leave the orphanage, but she has to work for three years at a place arranged for by the orphanage. It surprisingly gets even worse...until finally she gets a break and events change her circumstances. But by now the two sisters have drifted...due more so to the people running the orphanage than anything else. Then when the younger sister turns 15 and goes out to work, they eventually re-unite. I can't go into more detail. A lot of unfortunate things happen. But the older sister is painted in such a way you can't help but love her. Things eventually get better for her too (although she has a great place to work at her second job, falls in love and gets married, there is still a major problem). The ending is happy for her, but there is still a sad element.
It's neat to read about the different places they go to in Australia. Perth, Esperance, King's Cross, Kalgoorlie, and Sydney. This story is incredible. Please read it!
