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HTML: Laura: a teenage girl struggling to fit into her small, sleepy town in upstate New York, slowly drifting away from reality and into the secret life she inhabits online. Paul: a twentysomething wannabe rock star, back home from New York City, broke and jobless, living with his mother. April: a math teacher with two kids, running her church's vacation Bible school, discontent with another summer planning crafts and regurgitating verses. Ben: a boy stuck at VBS, still adjusting to the presence of his foster brother, DeShawn, a quiet, brooding kid from Brooklyn. Over the course of one summer, these characters' paths will collide in surprising, often hilarious ways. Encompassing questions of identity, religion, race, and family, Another Life is an absorbing and thought-provoking debut about the line we all walk between desire and responsibility. .No library descriptions found. |
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Unfortunately, I do think the book tried to tackle a bit too much . . .the dangers of online dating, homosexuality, substance abuse, foster care, race, abortion, religious hypocrisy, teen pregnancy, inappropriate relationships, divorce - - all of these were at least touched upon. It was too much.
In addition, the level of writing felt very young adult, but I'm very unclear on whether or not that was the target audience. There were a few scenes that made me think it wasn't, but all the other elements and how it was written seemed like young adult is the right target. Personally, I think that is the demographic that will enjoy this story the most.
Finally, the epilogue seemed to wrap up the stories of April and Laura nicely, but the reader is left hanging about what happens to Paul and Ben in the end. It felt a little unfinished.
Thanks to Netgalley for a free review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ( )