Finding Yvonne
Ratings7
Average rating3.6
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Ratings7
Average rating3.6
Since she was seven years old, Yvonne has had her trusted violin to keep her company. But with graduation just around the corner, she is forced to face the hard truth that she just might not be good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. When Yvonne becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she has to make the most difficult decision yet about her future.
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it was an alright story, a bit flat most of the time.
I do have one big issue though- the age gap relationships were never explained. I love age gaps when both parties are adults. I don't want to read about two men who love this 17 year old girl and who mention “you are so mature for your age” “i'm scared because youre so young...“
This stuff happens irl but when it's fictional the author should at least explain that this is wrong and is not something you should be doing but she didn't.
I had a hard time putting this book down! Yvonne's voice is so strong, and I really felt for her senior year struggles. I appreciated that she didn't have a clear path toward figuring out what she wants to do after high school, and I loved her self-awareness of both her privileges (as a relatively well-off teen getting a good private school education) and her disadvantages (as a black teen girl at a mostly white institution). I was just rooting for her so hard the whole time!
It's also sex positive and pro-choice!
Also it made me real hungry! Why isn't MY dad a gourmet chef! (I guess it wouldn't do me much good at this point in my life BUT STILL)
