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While some of the story is told in flashback, on the whole One Came Home is a straightforward read. We have a reliable narrator who always tells the truth as she sees it and is open about exactly what's going on at all times. She even admits it when she's been a tattletale, and she never makes us guess about her motivations. Georgie Burkhardt is as clear as glass and a lot clearer than the water of the Wisconsin River, which makes this book pretty easy to get through.