![]() ![]() My first impression of her was filled with utter disbelief. Yet rather quickly I found out that there will no love between me and Abby and will – true to my usual reading habits – call it quits even before the dad had his first relapse. ![]() I hesitated, agreed, plunged in and read the first 30 pages. The author's confident hint at my love for Saving Francesca kindled my curiosity. Therefore I think it was a very brave step of the author to offer me a review copy of her middle grade novel "Sign Language", which deals with a young girl losing her father to kidney cancer and having her family fall apart around her. ![]() It is nice when a book gives me insight or understanding as a bonus, but when I pick up a book I want to enjoy myself. I am a big worrier, I have a lot of vivid imagination - the combination of both tends to keep me awake sometimes - and I primarily read for fun. Saving Francesca, Putting Makeup on Dead People, Saving June or also If I Stay) books about grief and me are usually not compatible. ![]()
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