A Northern Light
A Fiction, Young Adult, Historical book. You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have...
Mattie Gokey has a word for everything. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories.The fresh pain of her mother's death. The burden of raising her sisters while her father struggles over his brokeback farm. The mad welter of feelings Mattie has for handsome but...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 9 pages
- ISBN: 9780807217870 / 807217875
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I think your vision gets better as you get older. Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light // You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word. Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light // I look around myself wildly, my heart bursting with grief and fear and joy. I am leaving, but I will take this place and its stories with me wherever I go. Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light //
It's been a long time since I passionately hated a book as much as this one. The positives: the book is well-written, and the weaving of the fictional story with the real Grace Brown story is skillfully done. The negatives: the book is dark and depressing. The mother dies of cancer in her 30s, which I probably took a little too personally.... This was a re-read for me since it was my January library book club pick. In the 8 years since having read this book I think I've grown more critical, but I still stand by my original review and rating. Mattie Gokey is a great heroine and the themes, particularly those of women rights, seem even more important these days. It burns me... every girl I know
