My friend Dolores pulled Love and Leftovers off the shelf on Monday and said that she had heard good things about it. I looked at it and even though I needed a book, it just looked so giant!!! 432 pages! But then we opened it up and saw that it was written in verse! Hooray!
And I am so glad it was written in verse, because I like books written in verse, and this one was really good and original. It also will be one that is very easy to recommend. AND it is half in Idaho and half in New Hamphsire. Well I already had New Hampshire, but not Idaho!
Marcie's father has just announced to his family that he is gay and has a boyfriend and Marcie's mother is devastated and she and Marcie are staying in New Hampshire at their summer home. Marcie's mom pretty much falls apart. Marcie's dad and his boyfriend are totally good guys, but it is still weird for Marcie, plus, she is halfway across the country now, away from her friends and her boyfriend Linus and she is so so lonely. The story deals with love, sexuality, depression, all kinds of things, in a really spot-on way. Very readable. Great characters. Easy to feel for them all.
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