The Chalk Girl (A Mallory Novel) Review

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The Chalk Girl (A Mallory Novel) ReviewI laughed out loud reading the blurbs for this book. The New York Daily News said, "If it takes a psychopath to find a psychopath, she's the woman for the job." Psychopath is so widely misunderstood. Kathy Mallory is a sociopath. I love her.
In a hair-raising rat-filled Central Park opening, Coco, the beautiful little red-haired girl, in circumstances eerily similar to Kathy Mallory's, is chased down by two officers, until she is found and her story is heard.
The similarities end there. Most of Kathy's stories were lies - from her name on down through her age-- while most of Coco's are fanciful flights of imagination. Their personalities are a dichotomy as well, Kathy all hellion, while Coco appears all angel.
Coco has a syndrome called Williams syndrome, which puts stars in her eyes, makes her charm every one around her, and causes her to reach out for physical contact from people, any person near her, even pedophiles. It's kind of alarming how quickly she finds two pedophiles. When Dr. Slope meets her, he recognizes her right away as one of the Williams people and he lowers himself to her level so she can throw her arms around his neck. He is brought to tears when Kathy hands him a note telling him to check for rape. Williams people have an extraordinary empathy. While Dr. Slope is examining her, Coco tells him, "Rats cry too. Most people don't know that."
Coco has a weird relationship with rats.
A haunting passage near the end of novel has a 90-year-old Charles sitting in his backyard with his grandchildren, pulling petals off from daisies, saying, Kathy had a heart, Kathy didn't have a heart, for each petal, never having been able to decide this on his own.
But we know. We all know. Kathy's heart was as large as New York City.
This is a gorgeous story, every single page, as are most Mallory novels. While reading it, I felt the constant tingle of sadness. Many times I read a page twice - at competing odds. One part of me wanted to know how it turned out, the bigger part wanted me to reread every page so it would last longer. But sadly, eventually I had to reach the end and I nearly wept. Mallory novels always have that effect on me. How much longer for the next Mallory novel? How can I wait that long? What will I do with all that time?
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