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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
What a quick read, but a great re-familiarization to French literature.
The entire book is comprised of post-it notes left in the kitchen of correspondence between a 15 year old girl and her mother. They have the typical relationship you would expect between a busy working, single mother and her adolescent daughter - that is until the mother finds out she has breast cancer.
Beautifully written and yet straight to the point. These types of books never fail to amaze me how you can gather so much information based off of a letter (or in this case, a scribbled note held against the fridge by a magnet). Well done!
The entire book is comprised of post-it notes left in the kitchen of correspondence between a 15 year old girl and her mother. They have the typical relationship you would expect between a busy working, single mother and her adolescent daughter - that is until the mother finds out she has breast cancer.
Beautifully written and yet straight to the point. These types of books never fail to amaze me how you can gather so much information based off of a letter (or in this case, a scribbled note held against the fridge by a magnet). Well done!
A very touching yet simple book, it showed a realistic relationship between a teenage daughter and her mother, a love that would never be fazed no matter how many problems they faced.
Summary
Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers is a young adult novel told in notes exchanged between a mother and daughter.
Claire, a 15-year-old-girl, and her mother, Elizabeth, lead busy lives. Claire has school, a job, friends and a romantic relationship. Elizabeth is a single mother who has work and motherhood. They both struggle to make time for each other.
Over the course of a life changing year, exchanging notes between each other is what holds them together.
A bittersweet coming of age novel about the importance of making time for those you love because you never know how much time you have left with them.
Review
I thought the novel was told in an interesting format. It was a quick, but powerful, read.
The novel was bittersweet. I thought it was sad how Claire and Elizabeth hardly saw each other and had to 'book' each other in. It was also sad how their main method of communication was through notes and not face to face. The modern day equivalent method of communication would be texting. I liked how the short notes left us to fill in the blanks. However, some of the gaps were too big at times and I would have liked some more notes in between.
The novel had an important message about making time for the people you love and doing the things you want to do, because you never know how much time you have left.
I liked seeing Claire and Elizabeth's relationship develop and become stronger. However, it was kind of annoying to see how long it took them to become closer. They both went through significant character development, and it was clever how this was expressed through minimal notes.
I felt like the novel had a large gap near the end. I would have liked to seen a little more closure. However, having this gap was probably intentional. It still had a huge impact on me.
I recommend this book for anyone who's 13 years or older, and wants to read a short bittersweet novel about a mother and daughter's relationship.
Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers is a young adult novel told in notes exchanged between a mother and daughter.
Claire, a 15-year-old-girl, and her mother, Elizabeth, lead busy lives. Claire has school, a job, friends and a romantic relationship. Elizabeth is a single mother who has work and motherhood. They both struggle to make time for each other.
Over the course of a life changing year, exchanging notes between each other is what holds them together.
A bittersweet coming of age novel about the importance of making time for those you love because you never know how much time you have left with them.
Review
I thought the novel was told in an interesting format. It was a quick, but powerful, read.
The novel was bittersweet. I thought it was sad how Claire and Elizabeth hardly saw each other and had to 'book' each other in. It was also sad how their main method of communication was through notes and not face to face. The modern day equivalent method of communication would be texting. I liked how the short notes left us to fill in the blanks. However, some of the gaps were too big at times and I would have liked some more notes in between.
The novel had an important message about making time for the people you love and doing the things you want to do, because you never know how much time you have left.
I liked seeing Claire and Elizabeth's relationship develop and become stronger. However, it was kind of annoying to see how long it took them to become closer. They both went through significant character development, and it was clever how this was expressed through minimal notes.
I felt like the novel had a large gap near the end. I would have liked to seen a little more closure. However, having this gap was probably intentional. It still had a huge impact on me.
I recommend this book for anyone who's 13 years or older, and wants to read a short bittersweet novel about a mother and daughter's relationship.
If this had been non-fiction I would have felt much stronger about it. It just didn't ring true to me......but this in part may be my fault as I picked it up initially because I thought that it was non-fiction. I did cry in spots....it moved me.....but the mother just seemed too busy, too self-centered and just not there for her daughter-even before she got sick...it was a very quick read as it was written literally as little notes left for each other......
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this years ago but I desperately want to read it again. I liked how the whole book is written in notes sent between a mother and daughter - a heartbreaking but amazing story.