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A review by mostlyaudio47
Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
5.0
I gave this book 5 stars based mostly on how many times I cried while listening to it (thanks to the emotionally spot-on performance by Em Grosland).
Somehow, Jake Maia Arlow, who was not even born when I was 13, managed to tell a story that my awkward, confused, anxious, lonely middle-school self really needed to hear. As I sit here, 35 years removed from my own Long Island Jewish childhood (complete with a similar lifelong passion for bagels), I only wish I could have had the kind of support that Dalia discovers in her chosen family.
Somehow, Jake Maia Arlow, who was not even born when I was 13, managed to tell a story that my awkward, confused, anxious, lonely middle-school self really needed to hear. As I sit here, 35 years removed from my own Long Island Jewish childhood (complete with a similar lifelong passion for bagels), I only wish I could have had the kind of support that Dalia discovers in her chosen family.