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As a 42-year old mother to a 13-year old daughter, I did not expect to be so utterly engaged by a book that belonged not to me but to the generation below. I was amused, moved, scared, horrified and, ultimately, entirely subsumed by the world and story described in this book. It evoked emotions in me that I can't remember experiencing merely from reading a book for 20 years or more.
My daughter I were both moved to tears on more than one occasion and sharing the reading of this book brought us as close together as if we had shared our own trauma, rather than reading about someone else's - fictional! - experiences.
Everybody should read this book, younger or older, male or female. It is infinitely accessible and goes straight for the jugular of even the most hardened of cynics. It's probably not going too far to say that reading this book changed both my daughter and me a little. I almost hope that the author doesn't write anything else, because how can she improve on this debut?
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becky_johnson, August 28, 2006
As a 42-year old mother to a 13-year old daughter, I did not expect to be so utterly engaged by a book that belonged not to me but to the generation below. I was amused, moved, scared, horrified and, ultimately, entirely subsumed by the world and story described in this book. It evoked emotions in me that I can't remember experiencing merely from reading a book for 20 years or more.My daughter I were both moved to tears on more than one occasion and sharing the reading of this book brought us as close together as if we had shared our own trauma, rather than reading about someone else's - fictional! - experiences.
Everybody should read this book, younger or older, male or female. It is infinitely accessible and goes straight for the jugular of even the most hardened of cynics. It's probably not going too far to say that reading this book changed both my daughter and me a little. I almost hope that the author doesn't write anything else, because how can she improve on this debut?
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