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Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
4.0
Wow! This book was beautifully written. The flow and imagery of the sentences are so elegant and captivating.
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, follows Winifred, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her father and obese dog in a cemetery. She's an outcast, "weird", and determined to save the cemetery so she and her father can stay in their apartment on the property. How? After a few accidental "ghost sightings", in which she was mistaken for a ghost, she believes this may be the key to staying in their home, especially after running into a real ghost. When Winifred learns more about her new ghost friend, Phil, she realizes she doesn't want to exploit her. She has to decide what's more important, her home, or her new friend.
I was wowed from the beginning, Dimaline quickly pulled me in with the poetic feel of the language used in this novel. I definitely recommend this book!
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review of this novel.
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, follows Winifred, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her father and obese dog in a cemetery. She's an outcast, "weird", and determined to save the cemetery so she and her father can stay in their apartment on the property. How? After a few accidental "ghost sightings", in which she was mistaken for a ghost, she believes this may be the key to staying in their home, especially after running into a real ghost. When Winifred learns more about her new ghost friend, Phil, she realizes she doesn't want to exploit her. She has to decide what's more important, her home, or her new friend.
I was wowed from the beginning, Dimaline quickly pulled me in with the poetic feel of the language used in this novel. I definitely recommend this book!
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review of this novel.