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jenniferrun50 's review for:
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt
I absolutely loved this book. It was an extremely well written "coming of age" story. As I have said in many of my reviews, the most important thing for me is that I have to care for the characters...I don't have to like them, but they must be real. Every character was developed appropriately in this book - some much more than others, but all in the right way.
I am very interested in talking about this book in my book club - I don't know if everyone will like it, but I will be thinking about it for a long time. Perhaps something that pulled me in was that I had an Uncle "Finn," growing up. He wasn't ill, but we had a Finn and Toby. In our family however, Toby was not hidden. My Uncle Finn was EVERY one of his niece and nephews favorite uncle, no exception. Knowing that we were going to get to go to his apartment was always thrilling - on the top floor of a high rise, looking downtown, we could go on the balcony and see the Arch all the way downtown. Some of my favorite childhood (and adult) memories are here.
This story was so incredibly bitter sweet and touching. Obviously, I flat out loved it.
I am very interested in talking about this book in my book club - I don't know if everyone will like it, but I will be thinking about it for a long time. Perhaps something that pulled me in was that I had an Uncle "Finn," growing up. He wasn't ill, but we had a Finn and Toby. In our family however, Toby was not hidden. My Uncle Finn was EVERY one of his niece and nephews favorite uncle, no exception. Knowing that we were going to get to go to his apartment was always thrilling - on the top floor of a high rise, looking downtown, we could go on the balcony and see the Arch all the way downtown. Some of my favorite childhood (and adult) memories are here.
This story was so incredibly bitter sweet and touching. Obviously, I flat out loved it.