Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker is a bookish clarinetist whose older sister Bailey, the one everyone paid attention to, has died suddenly. As Lennie struggles with grief in a small California town, she finds herself drawn to two boys: Toby, her sister's fiance, who understands her loss, and Joe Fontaine, a new boy who plays guitar and is full of life. Jandy Nelson writes Lennie's confusion in a voice full of imagery, and scatters her poems, which are scribbled on trees, cups, and walls, throughout the pages. The book weighs grief against desire, and the guilt of being alive.
It suits teenagers and adults who like lyrical young adult fiction, and readers who found comfort in stories about loss.
Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- ISBN
- 9788563219374
- Language
- PT
