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A review by celjla212
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
5.0
Fern is 12 years old and feels like no one cares too much about her. As the second youngest of 4 kids, she's in a place where she's not the baby but still craves attention, and she's not grown but is growing and wants privacy. The only ones that seem to notice her at all are her 3 year old brother Charlie, and her best friend, Ran.
Then an unspeakable tragedy strikes the family, and they begin to fall apart. Fern struggles with blaming herself and the rest of her family, looking for answers to only one question, "Why?"
Oh God. I cried through the ENTIRE second half of this book. It was especially hard on me, because not only do I have a little brother who was attached to my hip when he was a toddler, I have a 3 year old son myself.
Fern is at a very delicate age, but because she doesn't really cause drama for her parents or have any issues, she seems to go largely ignored in the family's day to day lives. She does, in a way, seem to be the easiest family member...her older brother and sister are teenagers and have problems of their own, and Charlie is the baby so he needs the most attention.
This book was not only about a 12 year old having to face the harsh realities of life. It was a look at the grieving process, and how humankind tries to look for logic when tragic things happen...but there seems to be no logical reason for losing loved ones, and so we eventually and painfully realize that life goes on.
This book was a very fast, heart wrenching read. It was beautifully written and really touches on so many of the emotions that we hope we never have to deal with in our own lives.
Then an unspeakable tragedy strikes the family, and they begin to fall apart. Fern struggles with blaming herself and the rest of her family, looking for answers to only one question, "Why?"
Oh God. I cried through the ENTIRE second half of this book. It was especially hard on me, because not only do I have a little brother who was attached to my hip when he was a toddler, I have a 3 year old son myself.
Fern is at a very delicate age, but because she doesn't really cause drama for her parents or have any issues, she seems to go largely ignored in the family's day to day lives. She does, in a way, seem to be the easiest family member...her older brother and sister are teenagers and have problems of their own, and Charlie is the baby so he needs the most attention.
This book was not only about a 12 year old having to face the harsh realities of life. It was a look at the grieving process, and how humankind tries to look for logic when tragic things happen...but there seems to be no logical reason for losing loved ones, and so we eventually and painfully realize that life goes on.
This book was a very fast, heart wrenching read. It was beautifully written and really touches on so many of the emotions that we hope we never have to deal with in our own lives.