Julia
Beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful book. Kin to There There, of course, but also an evolution in Orange's writing and a thing of its own. I also can't think of any writer other than Louise Erdich in The Round House who captures teenage boyhood better. I go to a family reunion every year with a book swap, and this is my book for this year. I do wish there'd been a teeeeeny bit more in the earlier parts of this family tree, but also that's part of Orange's point - what do people lose when forcibly disconnected from their own lineages?
Beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful book. Kin to There There, of course, but also an evolution in Orange's writing and a thing of its own. I also can't think of any writer other than Louise Erdich in The Round House who captures teenage boyhood better. I go to a family reunion every year with a book swap, and this is my book for this year. I do wish there'd been a teeeeeny bit more in the earlier parts of this family tree, but also that's part of Orange's point - what do people lose when forcibly disconnected from their own lineages?