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Caitlin Hicks is an author, international playwright, and acclaimed performer. Her debut novel A Theory Of Expanded Love, won numerous awards: including iBooks Best New Fiction, & Bronze Indiefab Award for Literary Fiction. A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE is on Book Riot's list of 100 Must-Read books about women and religion An audiobook of the title won NYC BIG BOOK AWARD.
https://www.caitlinhicks.com/wordpress/theory-expanded-love-hilarious-beguiling-bravely-truthful/
This is her second novel, KENNEDY GIRL, published in 2023 by Brown Posey Press, an imprint of Sunbury Press in Pennsylvania.
Reviewed by Alma Boucher for Readers' Favorite
Kennedy Girl by Caitlin Hicks is a gripping story about Annie Shea, a young woman who gets mixed up in the social and political unrest of the 1960s. Annie is having a hard time figuring out where she fits in a world that is changing. Annie is drawn to Robert Kennedy because of his charisma and because his message of peace and optimism resonates deeply with her. Annie is shaken by RFK’s assassination, and she and her friend, Lucas, follow RFK’s ambulance through the streets of Los Angeles. This changes the course of Annie's and Lucas’s young lives. To avoid the law, Annie skips her first day of classes at the university and instead drives Lucas and her brother to Canada. On the trip, Annie learns about her brother’s heartbreaking secrets.
Kennedy Girl by Caitlin Hicks covers the stormy events of the 1960s and their effects on a generation of young people. I was intrigued, and the events and suspense were just enough to keep me interested. It was an easy read, and I could not put it down. I could relate to the cast of characters since they were both realistic and memorable. Annie is a sympathetic character who is struggling to find her place in the world and I could identify with her struggles and victories. The beautiful writing style brought the story and characters to life and captured the mood of the era. The story shows us that we can be brave and strong in the face of difficulty.
