Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A good coming of age daughter's view of her mother's trial

As a male reader who recieved an autographed copy of this book as a gift, the title confounded me a bit along with the girl's narrative written by a man. However once I got into the book, I found it an absorbing read. With writings from her mother's journal interspersed with Connie's narrative, I was able to get into the minds of both of them. I enjoyed the manner in which the pieces to the story's puzzle were dropped in throughout the book, as the narrator bounced about chronologically, even up to its final pages. I also appreciated the manner in which the reader is allowed to speculate on many details, such as the relationship between her mother and the lawyer, as this provided realism to the 1st person perspective of Connie who didn't know everything herself. A lot of comparisons have been made to "To Kill a Mockingbird", although I think the darker aspects of the mother's struggles of conscience reminded me a bit of "A Separate Peace".