Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman

“Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt,” has some merit, but it’s very light, not a lot of depth here. The best part of the book is the beginning. We are in 1967 and are brought to the home of Camille and Cecelia Rose known as Cee Cee, a very bright 12-year-old. Camille is Cee Cee’s mother who has some sort of untreated mental illness. Cee Cee’s father, Carl, is never around choosing to leave his daughter with his crazy wife then deal with her problems.

You feel Cee Cee’s embarrassment when her mother wears prom dresses and tiaras all over town, or when she smears bright red lipstick all over her mouth and stands outside in a prom dress throwing kisses at everyone that goes by.

Cee Cee has only her neighbor to help guide her when the kids tease her endlessly about her mother. She is very bright and reads all the time, but she just doesn’t understand why her mother does these things.

The book goes downhill when Cee Cee moves into her Aunt Tootie’s home. Cee Cee moved into wonderland and I wish she showed me where that is. Everything that happens to Cee Cee at Aunt Tootie’s doesn’t feel real – it’s so sugary, so sweet.

The book is OK for book club if you don’t want a challenging read or when time is pressing, but overall not worth the time.

Rating: 6.5