A Pain Less Ordinary

By: L.V. Pires

Narrated by: Courtney Parker

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Becca's life is anything but ordinary. At 15, she's already experienced her share of pain. With a mom who drinks too much, a revolving door of father figures, and struggles at school, Becca wonders if she'll ever have a chance at a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane is her little sister, Chloe; that is, until her mother's breakdown leads to her sister's disappearance.

A Pain Less Ordinary follows Becca as she figures out life on her own while searching for her family and her new role in the world. In this powerfully moving novel, L.V. Pires explores Becca's struggle with abandonment, drug abuse, homelessness, relationships, and how pain connects her to others.

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Wow! So Good!

I loved the writing of this story. Becca's pain is anything but ordinary. There are so many things she goes through. Her mom is horrible and had me so angry and then there's her little sister, Chloe, who is just a pawn in this whole mess. Her situation was so tragic. I had to fight back tears. Really good stuff. I look forward to listening to more of L.V. Pires' work.

Powerful Read

This is a remarkable book! I'm so glad I shared it with my book club. We had a great discussion about what Becca goes through and how it relates to what we're seeing in the world today. Excellent writing and narration.

Addictive read, All the feels.

This was a gripping read that sent me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions—there’s heartache (lots of that), laughs, searing anger, hope, outrage … just to name a few. I liked it. A few little aspects felt implausible to me, but one thing the author seemed to do well was paint what an absolute joke our ‘systems’ are—all of them. Mental health, physical health, child ‘protection’ services and more. Well done, overall.

4 stars.


Audio:
This narrator did a great job and the overall sound quality is good—professional. 4 stars.

Very dramatic

This was quite short and felt a bit more like a short story or novella. For that reason it started right into the story without a huge
build up. Becca has so much to deal with, unsupportive parent figures and difficulties at school. But when her mum disappears with her little sister Chloe, she tries to fight back and fix her life. Through the book she gets stronger and learns to cope.
I felt a lot of sympathy for Becca and the things she goes through are heartbreaking at times. I was a bit confused by Becca's mum, she sounded very protective of her at first, when she was younger, but then seems extremely neglectful and uncaring in the present. Also I was really expecting the headaches to have some significance to the story as they are mentioned a lot.
The reading was a bit too dramatic for a story like this and made it feel too tense, even when nothing much was happening.

"A pain shared is a pain halved."

"A pain shared is a pain halved."
Becca is struggling through high school and life. A controlling step father, an addicted mother, a two year old sister. Bullies at school and one true friend. Abandoned by her parents, she has to battle the homeless shelter and the system. I'm afraid it's all too real.
The narrator did an excellent job presenting Becca's story. She read with proper expression and distinction.

Kids Could Relate

I think this book should be taught in schools. It's more up to date with what's going on in the world right now. Pretty sad, too. It's like a modern-day Outsiders.

A Pain Less Ordinary By L.V.Pires(Narrated by Cour

A book for the searchers of home .It tells of Becca and Authur who cheats on her and her strong mom who handles pain with ease.It looks at Becca's mom handling her manhandles and those who took advantage of narrator and her mom he doesn't care .It tells of Becca and her mom's lack of trust for men due to pain from their snowball.Her mom's luck of not having the police come after her in payment for her temper against her hurters.Her mom dealing with her hurt and family problem on her own .It looks at the Becca's contending with academics and family problems.It looks at battling people creating hurts and mess with neglect and no one to clean things up by Becca.
It looks at Michelle as Becca's families hope and the pain(out-in with Pa for out in ijaw) of lack of trust of Becca.It looks at Becca's relationship with Nick as a volunteer in life as a pain(pay-in) less ordinary.It highlights the importance of friendship and school and the trust of men looking at whether it was wrong to do so and whether such was prone to fluctuation and inconsistency.

An Amazing Story

This story reminds me of how hard the world can be right now. Becca is a struggling teen with an absent mom and an abusive stepdad. She just wants to fit in and take care of her little sister, Chloe, but everything is made harder by her family situation. I really enjoyed listening to this and hoping everything would work out for the best for this family.

Heartbreaking

This book was really sad at times, and brought up some past traumas of my own. I couldn’t stop listening, I had to know how things turned out for Becca and Chloe. The story was believable and well-written.

Sweet and Sad

Such an important book for this day and age. Teens will relate. Wonderful writing. I felt like I was there going through it with her. This story will stay with me for a long time.