Critique Of Ayn Rand's The Story Of Lily

I was hesitant of this book, it sounded cliche, you know the whole my my mother's dead and i'm having flashbacks, oh and my dad is abusive. But it really wasn't, the writing is incredible, Voice and word choice are all amazing. The Story being told from a child's (Lily) point of view is very open, but in this case If the story had been written from anyone else's point of view, Lily would have been pathetic, abused, motherless, little girl, who has way too much guilt. this book could have been really bad, and been a dull book about just another girls hardships. But Lily is written as a survivor and an optimist, and her naive faith drives this story.

This book is different from most, when put in a young girl's point of view, most the time