I can now say that I finally understand what it must feel like to be a dandelion dancing in the wind or a piece of paper floating on water or a bird experiencing the amazing sensation of flight for the first time. It is amazing how big your own home can feel when you stopContinue reading “An Unorthodox Cleansing”
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Issues addressed: sisterhood, abuse of power, love, the power of human relationships, the power of womanhood, feminism “And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprootedContinue reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini”
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Issues Addressed: Feminism, sisterhood, growing up, friendship, finding yourself “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Little Women is the best classical novel I have read yet. I kid you not, I laughed so hard over Jo and Laurie’s friendship. I have never before encountered such aContinue reading “Little Women by Louisa May Alcott”
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Issues Addressed: friendship, gangs, social discrimination, death Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers! “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”-Ponyboy CurtisContinue reading “The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton”
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Issues addressed: Suicide, mental illnesses (specifically bipolar disorder and depression), bullying. “The fact is, I was sick, but not in an easily explained flu kind of way. It’s my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measlesContinue reading “All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven”
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