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A review by take2max
Whale Song by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
4.0
This story is all about finding a new normal after facing an impossible situation.
The story was both simplistic and complicated at the same time. The story starts off happy, perfect even, and then slowly devolves into a convoluted, complicated, bitter new reality.
Sarah is a happy, lucky little girl with two doting parents. Everything is picture perfect in her world shaken only by the small hiccup of having to move to a new area for her father's job.
But they settle in, find a new normal, and life marches forth. Sarah is so distracted by a bully at school, she doesn't realize her mother is growing increasingly ill until she collapses and ends up in the hospital.
Her life is never truly happy from that point on.
I won't spoil it, but suffice it to say, her, and her father, face the ultimate moral decision. I personally agreed with their decision, but I could totally understand where some people might not have agreed and indeed, felt they made the wrong decision. Life is precious until suddenly it's not.
It's an emotional roller coaster and if you've lost someone close to you recently, it might be a hard read. But it makes you think, evaluate and appreciate life and reassess your own personal values - something that seems to be sorely lacking in today's "it's all about me society."
The story was both simplistic and complicated at the same time. The story starts off happy, perfect even, and then slowly devolves into a convoluted, complicated, bitter new reality.
Sarah is a happy, lucky little girl with two doting parents. Everything is picture perfect in her world shaken only by the small hiccup of having to move to a new area for her father's job.
But they settle in, find a new normal, and life marches forth. Sarah is so distracted by a bully at school, she doesn't realize her mother is growing increasingly ill until she collapses and ends up in the hospital.
Her life is never truly happy from that point on.
I won't spoil it, but suffice it to say, her, and her father, face the ultimate moral decision. I personally agreed with their decision, but I could totally understand where some people might not have agreed and indeed, felt they made the wrong decision. Life is precious until suddenly it's not.
It's an emotional roller coaster and if you've lost someone close to you recently, it might be a hard read. But it makes you think, evaluate and appreciate life and reassess your own personal values - something that seems to be sorely lacking in today's "it's all about me society."