Monday, March 21, 2011
The Sky is Everywhere
Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they're the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they can't collide without the whole wide world exploding.
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"And then it hits.
ReplyDeleteWithout the harbor and mayhem of Toby's arms, the sublime distration of Joe's, there's only me.
Me, like a small seashellwith the loneliness of the whole ocean roaring invisibly within.
Me.
Without.
Bailey.
Always.
I throw my head into my pillow and scream into it as if my soul itself is being ripped in half, because it is."
Lennie's sorrow is felt thoughout the book. Yet, she does find a way to deal with the grief.
Can you share ways in which you have overcome grief?
I've read this book twice. Such a complete look at grief. Love, life, death, hope, despair, confusion - all tangled in a beautiful tapestry. One could change the title to "A Heart is Everywhere."
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