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One Whole and Perfect Day.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review). March 12, 2007 v254 i11 p59(1)Publishers Weekly, 254, 11. p.59(1

One Whole and Perfect Day is marketed as a young adult novel, although only one of the "point of view" characters is in high school. The rest of the characters are adults, several of them are elderly.

Clarke does an admirable job establishing an individual voice for each of the rather several characters who alternate telling the events culminating in the "whole and perfect day" of the title.

My disappointment with this book is that the plot is contrived of coincidences. Granted, that is the implicit promise of the novel, but for me it cheapens the hard work the author did to create these characters. ( )

A story told from many points of view that all converge at te end to show how many separate people cn be connected. Told from the point of a young girl, her college aged brother, her mother, her grandparents, her brother's new girlfriend, her parents, her best friend, ad a stage, lonely abandoned teen on a bus. ( )

The story is slow, but for readers who persist, they will find this book has a satisfying ending. Another view of immigrants and bigotry, this one Australian, will broaden perspectives and engender meaningful discussion. Australian words and slang will increase readers’ interest. ( )

All Lily wants is her family to have one perfect day celebrating her grandfather's 80th birthday. But she is sure that her freakish family can't do it. ( )