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A review by lumos_libros
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
5.0
I had always thought I wasn't into books in prose, but I know I'm wrong now. It takes talent to tell a story without too many words, but with enough imagery to capture the readers interest.
Josie is a girl with cerebral palsy and feels very much on the outskirts of life. Until one day she meets a fellow outsider, Jordan, does she begin to feel a sense of normalcy. Though the book is short we go through a year of Josie's life and quite a year it is. On the lower right hand corner of the page there is a picture of a flower emerging and once you reach the end that flower is in full bloom, much like the journey of Josie's year of growing up.
I would have liked to have seen a novel based on these characters but I do understand that the author's strength is prose so I won't lament too much about that. My favorite line, "For the first time I feel as broken inside as everyone must see on the outside." Though that is the line that touched me the most my favorite part would have to be on page 158.
I think I really could appreciate this story even more because I know someone who has to live like Josie, and it made me smile to know that Josie saw a way to live her life and be happy.
Josie is a girl with cerebral palsy and feels very much on the outskirts of life. Until one day she meets a fellow outsider, Jordan, does she begin to feel a sense of normalcy. Though the book is short we go through a year of Josie's life and quite a year it is. On the lower right hand corner of the page there is a picture of a flower emerging and once you reach the end that flower is in full bloom, much like the journey of Josie's year of growing up.
I would have liked to have seen a novel based on these characters but I do understand that the author's strength is prose so I won't lament too much about that. My favorite line, "For the first time I feel as broken inside as everyone must see on the outside." Though that is the line that touched me the most my favorite part would have to be on page 158.
I think I really could appreciate this story even more because I know someone who has to live like Josie, and it made me smile to know that Josie saw a way to live her life and be happy.