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”
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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”
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