Alice Bliss: A Novel
Registered by SavvyVerseWit of Germantown, Maryland USA on 8/10/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I cannot wait to read this story about a women who learns her father is being deployed to Iraq at a time when she is about to mature into her teenage years. A coming-of-age novel that needs to travel.
Journal Entry 2 by SavvyVerseWit at Safeway in Town Center in Germantown, Maryland USA on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (10/11/2011 UTC) at Safeway in Town Center in Germantown, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Harrington creates a world and cast of characters in Alice Bliss that grab your heart and don't let go. The Bliss family story will have your tearing up right from the beginning when the father is first setting his affairs in order and explaining to Alice what she's to do while he is at war. Yes, he says, he is coming back, but readers know about the uncertainties of war and so does Alice, which makes his parting all the more heart-wrenching.
Read the full review tomorrow (10-12-11) here: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/10/alice-bliss-by-laura-harrington.html
Released this book on 10/11/11 in the Safeway Starbucks Cafe.
Read the full review tomorrow (10-12-11) here: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/10/alice-bliss-by-laura-harrington.html
Released this book on 10/11/11 in the Safeway Starbucks Cafe.
I really wonder what happened to my copy of this book. I released it out into the world, and have not seen anyone say they picked it up. I fail at Book Crossing.
My review:
Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington is a coming of age story about a teen girl growing into adulthood at a time when her father, Matt, is sent to Iraq and her mother, Angie, is not dealing with his absence as well as Alice thinks she should. The blissful life her family has had up until this point is turned around and twisted as Alice takes on more of her mother’s duties — making dinner, washing clothes, getting her sister’s (Ellie) lunch ready, and getting her sister to school. She’s constantly worried about her father not returning home, about how she seems not to be anyone’s favorite, and the changes she sees in her friends, family, and Henry (her neighbor and friend).
Harrington creates a world and cast of characters that grab your heart and don’t let go. The Bliss family story will have your tearing up right from the beginning when the father is first setting his affairs in order and explaining to Alice what she’s to do while he is at war. Yes, he says, he is coming back, but readers know about the uncertainties of war and so does Alice, which makes his parting all the more heart-wrenching. Alice only finds solace when running, like her mother finds solace when swimming, but they are too alike to find comfort in one another and often find themselves at odds. Dynamic characters young and old tackle difficult questions of how to go on without a loved one, who often calmed the waters and even when that situation is expected to be temporary.
Read the rest of the review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/10/alice-bliss-by-laura-harrington.html
My review:
Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington is a coming of age story about a teen girl growing into adulthood at a time when her father, Matt, is sent to Iraq and her mother, Angie, is not dealing with his absence as well as Alice thinks she should. The blissful life her family has had up until this point is turned around and twisted as Alice takes on more of her mother’s duties — making dinner, washing clothes, getting her sister’s (Ellie) lunch ready, and getting her sister to school. She’s constantly worried about her father not returning home, about how she seems not to be anyone’s favorite, and the changes she sees in her friends, family, and Henry (her neighbor and friend).
Harrington creates a world and cast of characters that grab your heart and don’t let go. The Bliss family story will have your tearing up right from the beginning when the father is first setting his affairs in order and explaining to Alice what she’s to do while he is at war. Yes, he says, he is coming back, but readers know about the uncertainties of war and so does Alice, which makes his parting all the more heart-wrenching. Alice only finds solace when running, like her mother finds solace when swimming, but they are too alike to find comfort in one another and often find themselves at odds. Dynamic characters young and old tackle difficult questions of how to go on without a loved one, who often calmed the waters and even when that situation is expected to be temporary.
Read the rest of the review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/10/alice-bliss-by-laura-harrington.html
