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Where the Moon Isn't
by Nathan Filer
I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that. (pg.5)
Nine-year-old Matthew Homes was on holiday with his mother, father, and his twelve-year-old brother, Simon. One night, he and Simon sneak out in the middle of the night; much later, only Matthew returns. Where The Moon Isn't is Matthew's story of that night and his brother.
Now, when I began reading this book, I was under the impression that the story was all about Simon and the night he disappeared. And it is. But it's more than that. Really, more than that because it's Matthew's story. It's the story of Matthew's pain and his guilt and his illness and how he lives with all of it.
Written in a mixed media format (letters, drawings, etc.), the book is a sad and tragic, yet hopeful story. Matthew, the nineteen-year-old narrator, is wholly believeable; he's strange, sad, and sometimes scary. The same can be said of his story.
A marvelous debut that seems something like Ned Vizzini's [b:It's Kind of A Funny Story|248704|It's Kind of a Funny Story|Ned Vizzini|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347649705s/248704.jpg|240980] but even more. There's more of a connect with this narrator, this story. The author of Where The Moon Isn't, Nathan Filer, is a mental health nurse who has worked on in-patient psychiatric wards; his experience in this field shows in his knowledge of the patients and illnesses he writes about without dimming the shine of the writing.
I received this ARC via firstreads.
Nine-year-old Matthew Homes was on holiday with his mother, father, and his twelve-year-old brother, Simon. One night, he and Simon sneak out in the middle of the night; much later, only Matthew returns. Where The Moon Isn't is Matthew's story of that night and his brother.
Now, when I began reading this book, I was under the impression that the story was all about Simon and the night he disappeared. And it is. But it's more than that. Really, more than that because it's Matthew's story. It's the story of Matthew's pain and his guilt and his illness and how he lives with all of it.
Written in a mixed media format (letters, drawings, etc.), the book is a sad and tragic, yet hopeful story. Matthew, the nineteen-year-old narrator, is wholly believeable; he's strange, sad, and sometimes scary. The same can be said of his story.
A marvelous debut that seems something like Ned Vizzini's [b:It's Kind of A Funny Story|248704|It's Kind of a Funny Story|Ned Vizzini|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347649705s/248704.jpg|240980] but even more. There's more of a connect with this narrator, this story. The author of Where The Moon Isn't, Nathan Filer, is a mental health nurse who has worked on in-patient psychiatric wards; his experience in this field shows in his knowledge of the patients and illnesses he writes about without dimming the shine of the writing.
I received this ARC via firstreads.