Augusta, gone Book

Emily Shepard
Biography
Augusta Gone tells the true to life tale of 15 year old Augusta. Telling the tale through her mother, Martha, the story goes back and forth between happier days and the presently horrifying. Their relationship in the beginning was normal and healthy. Augusta telling her mother things, reading together, enjoying each others company, it all went down hill after the divorce. Augusta ditching school, partying, coming home late, smoking, using drugs and not caring about her mother anymore. When her mother finds yelling and setting ground rules aren't sufficient, she must dig deep in herself to help her daughter survive.
This story was gripping and heartwarming that a mother would risk everything to get her daughter back. Augusta's character is someone that most everyone has come into contact with; a sibling, cousin or a friend. It's easy to turn you back on someone and say you did all you could. But that wasn't good enough for Augusta's mother, her story proves the fight for someone you love is worth the struggle.