A mother's death leaves her daughter not so much empty as full -- of memories, understanding, appreciation.... More than anything, Mindy longs to be told the truth. From the doctors, from her father. Mom isn't going to get better, she isn't going to leave the white room in the hospital ever again, isn't going to come home to fill the candy bowl with its magical stash of M&M's. But it's the silence, the avoidance and denial, that hurts Mindy the most. The year is 1961 -- clearly evoked in the music and movies (there is a powerful scene involving Spartacus). Mindy's father has absented himself emotionally from her adolescence, after stating, in his absolute way, that she will date no one who's not Jewish. Facing the death of her mother from a brain tumor, Mindy feels like an orphan, and, like her mother, excluded from life -- until friends get her laughing again, until she can see her mother and their relationship squarely and lovingly. This is a book that, though dark at its center, casts light on all sides, with extraordinary tenderness.

Part of the RABCK Relay.
http://bookrelay.com/relay.php?id=357

came in today's mail-thank you

wild release

I was so excited to FINALLY! find a bookcrossing book! I am not that active, but I've released a dozen books and never heard another word. There isn't that much going on in my area, but I have gone in search specifically of one book, and I've sent a friend in search in the Boulder area, always coming up empty. So I was extremely delighted to come across this book at the Glenwood Springs Thrift Store! I was killing time waiting for my car to be fixed, and as the repair bill was going to be so high, I was lurking in such places as the thrift store! I'll read it...it appears to be a YA book...maybe my daughters will read it as well. Then I'll re-release it somewhere to hopefully continue its journey!

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I'll try to leave it on a table at Starbucks. Hope you enjoy the book.