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Breath is one of the most heart-wrenching tales I've read. I glanced at the first thirty pages in a short sitting (I was at Drumline practice)and was immediately excited about it. Then, once I picked it up again, I finished the last 230. I was sucked inside the tale with such ferocity I was unable to come up for air until three hours later, by which time my eyes were tearing up and my throat was choked. I continued. My father yelled at me for reading until four o'clock in the morning but I explained, this was one of those books that Stephen King would describe as seeing his mother "in a chain-smoking marathon until the book was finished"-- needless to say, my father understood. I finished the book two months ago, but my heart, as well as that feeling in the pit of my stomach, has never been the same.
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Breath is one of the most heart-wrenching tales I've read. I glanced at the first thirty pages in a short sitting (I was at Drumline practice)and was immediately excited about it. Then, once I picked it up again, I finished the last 230. I was sucked inside the tale with such ferocity I was unable to come up for air until three hours later, by which time my eyes were tearing up and my throat was choked. I continued. My father yelled at me for reading until four o'clock in the morning but I explained, this was one of those books that Stephen King would describe as seeing his mother "in a chain-smoking marathon until the book was finished"-- needless to say, my father understood. I finished the book two months ago, but my heart, as well as that feeling in the pit of my stomach, has never been the same.
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Breath (03 Edition) by Donna Jo Napoli
Harlem Harlot, April 7, 2006
Breath is one of the most heart-wrenching tales I've read. I glanced at the first thirty pages in a short sitting (I was at Drumline practice)and was immediately excited about it. Then, once I picked it up again, I finished the last 230. I was sucked inside the tale with such ferocity I was unable to come up for air until three hours later, by which time my eyes were tearing up and my throat was choked. I continued. My father yelled at me for reading until four o'clock in the morning but I explained, this was one of those books that Stephen King would describe as seeing his mother "in a chain-smoking marathon until the book was finished"-- needless to say, my father understood. I finished the book two months ago, but my heart, as well as that feeling in the pit of my stomach, has never been the same.(5 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)
Breath by Donna Jo Napoli
Harlem Harlot, April 6, 2006
Breath is one of the most heart-wrenching tales I've read. I glanced at the first thirty pages in a short sitting (I was at Drumline practice)and was immediately excited about it. Then, once I picked it up again, I finished the last 230. I was sucked inside the tale with such ferocity I was unable to come up for air until three hours later, by which time my eyes were tearing up and my throat was choked. I continued. My father yelled at me for reading until four o'clock in the morning but I explained, this was one of those books that Stephen King would describe as seeing his mother "in a chain-smoking marathon until the book was finished"-- needless to say, my father understood. I finished the book two months ago, but my heart, as well as that feeling in the pit of my stomach, has never been the same.(6 of 10 readers found this comment helpful)