This is a story of a girl, who on going back to school, kknows everyone will hate her, but cannot/willnot tell them the reason for doing what she did. It deals with her struggles in coming to terms with what happened, and at all this time having no friends and everyone starring at her and talking ab
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This is a story of a girl, who on going back to school, kknows everyone will hate her, but cannot/willnot tell them the reason for doing what she did. It deals with her struggles in coming to terms with what happened, and at all this time having no friends and everyone starring at her and talking about her behind her back.
This is a good book for teenagers, but I felt a little too old for it, which is unusual for me. The story was a good one, and the writer seemed to get the high school politics and teenage minds very well covered. It shows just how hard teenage life can be.
From the back of the book: On a beautiful spring day three-year-old Sherry Barrett is injured in a hit-and-run accident. Her devastated parents, Simon and Karen, wait by her bedside, hoping for a miracle...one that doesn't come. Tole that she will never recover, they agree to remove her from li
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From the back of the book: On a beautiful spring day three-year-old Sherry Barrett is injured in a hit-and-run accident. Her devastated parents, Simon and Karen, wait by her bedside, hoping for a miracle...one that doesn't come. Tole that she will never recover, they agree to remove her from life support. And then the miracle occurs. Sherry doesn't die. But nor does she wake.
Under pressure of caring for their child, the fissures in Simon and Karen's marriage become gaping wounds and the family is pushed to the point of collapse. And then pushed even further by the undeniable fact that their little girl, trapped in her living death, has become a source of healing miracles.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I thought I would, the characters are well developed, the story line is good, but not what I expected. Some parts of the sotry are very predictable too.
I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more. The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them. The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for
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I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more. The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them. The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for people who need their help. The story focuses on one place she stops at, and the people within the village and how they accept her and reject her. A very interesting thought provoking read.
Flashforward
It's nothing like the TV series, I actually prefer the TV series.
The Children of Men
The book is much better than the film, the film misses out half of the book.
Speak
This is a story of a girl, who on going back to school, kknows everyone will hate her, but cannot/willnot tell them the reason for doing what she did. It deals with her struggles in coming to terms with what happened, and at all this time having no friends and everyone starring at her and talking ab ... (continue)
This is a story of a girl, who on going back to school, kknows everyone will hate her, but cannot/willnot tell them the reason for doing what she did. It deals with her struggles in coming to terms with what happened, and at all this time having no friends and everyone starring at her and talking about her behind her back.
This is a good book for teenagers, but I felt a little too old for it, which is unusual for me.
The story was a good one, and the writer seemed to get the high school politics and teenage minds very well covered. It shows just how hard teenage life can be.
Before I Wake
From the back of the book:continue)
On a beautiful spring day three-year-old Sherry Barrett is injured in a hit-and-run accident. Her devastated parents, Simon and Karen, wait by her bedside, hoping for a miracle...one that doesn't come. Tole that she will never recover, they agree to remove her from li ... (
From the back of the book:
On a beautiful spring day three-year-old Sherry Barrett is injured in a hit-and-run accident. Her devastated parents, Simon and Karen, wait by her bedside, hoping for a miracle...one that doesn't come. Tole that she will never recover, they agree to remove her from life support. And then the miracle occurs. Sherry doesn't die. But nor does she wake.
Under pressure of caring for their child, the fissures in Simon and Karen's marriage become gaping wounds and the family is pushed to the point of collapse. And then pushed even further by the undeniable fact that their little girl, trapped in her living death, has become a source of healing miracles.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I thought I would, the characters are well developed, the story line is good, but not what I expected. Some parts of the sotry are very predictable too.
Chocolat
I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more.continue)
The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them.
The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for ... (
I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more.
The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them.
The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for people who need their help. The story focuses on one place she stops at, and the people within the village and how they accept her and reject her.
A very interesting thought provoking read.