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How to Find Your Way Home by Katy Regan
3.0
Growing up, Emily and Stephen were as close as siblings come. Emily always looked up to her older brother, knowing that he was there to protect her no matter what. He also instilled in her a love for nature- something that they both would, in varying degrees, carry with them into adulthood.
But as the years went by, things changed. First their parents got divorced. Then their mother got remarried to a man who kept the entire family on edge. As a result, Stephen and his stepfather were constantly at odds. Then day their relationship hits a climax that changes things forever.
In present day, Emily and Stephen are estranged, their lives taking very different paths. Where Emily has a steady job and a nice apartment, Stephen has struggled with addiction and homelessness. Suddenly, their lives intersect again in the most unexpected of ways. Emily is thrilled, but Stephen’s ghosts still plague him. Can these two siblings ever be free as the birds they once watched together?
How to Find Your Way Home is a sad book about how changes in life’s trajectory can set one on an unexpected course. It also explores many relationships-brother and sister, parent and child, and even, man and nature. Each relationship is touched upon with different levels of care and detail, some more nuanced than others.
In the end, How to Find Your Way Home has a hard time finding its voice in spots, but pulls things together for the most part, in the homestretch.
But as the years went by, things changed. First their parents got divorced. Then their mother got remarried to a man who kept the entire family on edge. As a result, Stephen and his stepfather were constantly at odds. Then day their relationship hits a climax that changes things forever.
In present day, Emily and Stephen are estranged, their lives taking very different paths. Where Emily has a steady job and a nice apartment, Stephen has struggled with addiction and homelessness. Suddenly, their lives intersect again in the most unexpected of ways. Emily is thrilled, but Stephen’s ghosts still plague him. Can these two siblings ever be free as the birds they once watched together?
How to Find Your Way Home is a sad book about how changes in life’s trajectory can set one on an unexpected course. It also explores many relationships-brother and sister, parent and child, and even, man and nature. Each relationship is touched upon with different levels of care and detail, some more nuanced than others.
In the end, How to Find Your Way Home has a hard time finding its voice in spots, but pulls things together for the most part, in the homestretch.