When Cameron was fifteen, she and Sonia were best friends—so close it seemed nothing would ever come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-ni...
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Apr 08, 2009
Jennifer
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I have to say I wasn't sure how I felt about this book while I was reading it. I never really felt much for the main character. Maybe we aren't suppose to really like her. She shut herself off from so many people, even her own parents, only allowing in a person here and there. And I found her to be really gloomy even when the moment didn't warrant it.
I also think aspects of Cameron's journey to find Sonia were interesting but some of it seemed too easy. All the people in Sonia's lif More...
I also think aspects of Cameron's journey to find Sonia were interesting but some of it seemed too easy. All the people in Sonia's lif More...
Jan 15, 2011
Holli
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I just finished this book that came highly recommended to me by Laura and she was right. Amazing book. Very lyrically written....it grips you and you really start to feel what Cameron is feeling. Even what Sonia is feeling. Every girl has had a friendship like these two have and this book exemplifies what that's like. A friendship that starts early where you become like sisters (or even more than that) like "one" and then something happens. Something occurs as it always does in l
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Dec 03, 2008
Katie
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It took me about two weeks to read the first 150 pages of this book and then one night to read the rest. This book starts slowly but it quickly builds into a fantastic story. There's mystery! (Where is this friend!? What's in the package!? Why did they stop being friends!?) A hopeful love story!!! (You mean that guy I had a crush on high school might actually come back into my life!!!???) And well developed supporting characters!!! (The violent french speaking mother!! The surprisingly
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Mar 30, 2009
Lara
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I loved this book from the beginning, and I loved it all the way through to the end. I could relate to it perfectly well - partly because I have always been the kind of girl to have pretty intensely strong female friendships and partly because I have seen first-hand how tenuous those friendships can actually be. Here's my favorite passage.
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Adult friendship doesn't grant you an exclusive, isn't meant to be ranked above romance and family. I couldn't imagine ever living t More...
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Sep 26, 2007
Becky
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This was indeed one of those books that seemed to have been spying on my life. I found many moments of truth and I really, really identified with narrator, Cameron. The nature of female friendships is so complex, and I've never before read a book that tackles this particular subject, and so well.
Some favorite quotes are below. See Tamara and Jenn's reviews for more.
"With moving, I have always been partial to the in-between, the blurred highway outside the window, tha More...
Some favorite quotes are below. See Tamara and Jenn's reviews for more.
"With moving, I have always been partial to the in-between, the blurred highway outside the window, tha More...
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May 30, 2007
Jennifer
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Most women can attest that friendships go through many phases in life – some friends you keep, some you disconnect from entirely, some simply become names on a Christmas card list. Then there are best friends, the ones that shaped your life and the person you became. You can clearly remember everything about how you met; in some cases, you can remember exactly how your friendship collapsed.
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Jan 17, 2008
Julie
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Some of my favorite lines from this book include:
pg 114: Adult friendship doesn't grant you an exclusive, isn't meant to be ranked above romance and family. I couldn't imagine ever living that moment again, when you say with a shy and hopeful pride, "you're my best friend." The other person says it back and, there you have chosen each other, out of everyone in the world. You have fallen in love and said so."
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pg 114: Adult friendship doesn't grant you an exclusive, isn't meant to be ranked above romance and family. I couldn't imagine ever living that moment again, when you say with a shy and hopeful pride, "you're my best friend." The other person says it back and, there you have chosen each other, out of everyone in the world. You have fallen in love and said so."
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Jun 22, 2008
Susan
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I have had this one on my shelf for over a year. I just got around to reading it this weekend and I loved it. I think this is one of the most mature expressions of forgiveness and the loss of adolescence that I have found. On that note, people either love it or hate it (see other reviews). Some say that they didn't buy Cameron's character because she seemed flawless. I don't see this at all. In fact, I think that Cameron thinks she is flawless in certain ways but comes to see that she is just as
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Nov 30, 2007
Lain
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Is there an unforgiveable sin? If so, what is it, and if you choose not to forgive a transgression, who is punished more -- the sinner or the victim? In this sensitive portrayal of friendship and loss, Leah Stewart investigates the many facets of friendship, the question of how much you can truly know someone, and how we can never truly protect ourselves from pain, no matter how hard we try.
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Feb 03, 2009
Kristine
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I thoroughly enjoyed "The Myth of You and Me." It was the kind of story that had me eagerly going from chapter to chapter to find out what happens next. It's the tale of two best friends, who had a falling out and how that shapes their lives and their eventual reunion.
Sep 23, 2007
Lauren
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This book was surprisingly wonderful! I definately reccommend it to those that like beautifully written, emotionally telling stories. It's an introspective work about love, relationships, loss, pain, anger, lonliness, disappointment, happiness, change, identity, and just plain old trying to be a person in this often intense world (Did I forget anything? I'm sure I did!). I don't want to over-hype it, as I went into it with low expectations, which likely lent to my glowing review. I was most impr
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Dec 21, 2010
Miranda
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"This was a book about friendship, and heartache, and what happens when those friendships fracture. This story beautifully examines the intense relationship between girls who are best-friends, and what happens as they mature together. This book captures the raw emotions of young women who feel betrayed by those that are closest to them, and relates how our experiences as young girls color our lives as grown women.[return][return]From the Publisher:[return]When Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was
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Jan 24, 2009
Marfita
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Not my cup o' tea, really, but not bad. Secrets in these books always wind up seeming so banal. But I can see why Bren thought I would like this: a young woman who has moved around all her life, leaving friends and social-scapes behind; tidying up an elderly man's estate; visiting some of my old haunts (Boston, Gloucester, New York); being too tall (no, it's just that everyone else in the dept. is freakishly short) ...
Being a girlie book (about relationships and all ... ew!), there's dram More...
Being a girlie book (about relationships and all ... ew!), there's dram More...
Jan 17, 2012
Angela
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As a girl who's done a fair bit of moving myself (8 cities by Senior year in HS, 9 cities in 21 years of marriage- so far), I could easily identify with the heroine's desire to fit in as she struggled with a childhood full of moves. How well I remember feeling like a bit of a chameleon as I worked to acquire the language/ style/ interests of each new place and make them my own-- or least make them appear my own well enough to be accepted. I also understood the wonder of finding a real friend..
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Apr 05, 2011
Emma
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This was a quick and enjoyable-enough read, focusing on the friendship between two women. Cameron, the narrator, ended her close, years-long friendship with Sonia several years before the story begins, but Oliver, her employer and friend, finally compels her to go visit Sonia once again. The main plot focuses on Cameron's search for Sonia, and lots of backstory is included along the way. The two threads are woven together well, and the pacing is good, with the author always leaving questions in
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Feb 02, 2011
Christie
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Library Journal said this book was “incandescently beautiful [with] passages about the challenges awaiting young women as they come of age. The story, filled with secrets and treasures, is a well executed, compelling look at attraction, love and trust.”
Poppycock, I say. Yes, this was my book club selection. You have no idea how I stress (in a good way) about which book to choose. The way our club is organized allows for each member to host once a year-meaning we choose the book, lead More...
Poppycock, I say. Yes, this was my book club selection. You have no idea how I stress (in a good way) about which book to choose. The way our club is organized allows for each member to host once a year-meaning we choose the book, lead More...
Apr 21, 2010
Kristina
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The Myth of You and Me was a very well written book. I loved reading it. It kept me interested and was very good. The genre of the book is Fiction, but reading it, it seems to be Non-fiction. I got recommended this book by my teacher and best friend, because it reminded them of how my best friend and my relationship is about. The protagonist is the main character Cameron because she is the one struggling through things. There is no Antagonist. One supporting character is Cameron’s boss, Oliver D
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Apr 06, 2010
Heather
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Although I didn't give this book a very favorable star rating, I wanted to add my favorite line/thought. The character was speaking of having a broken heart and her father not putting much weight in her grief:
"Maybe I did live an old story, but I couldn't help but live it as though for the first time. The first time you fall in love, it's like you've created the first love in the universe, and the first time someone you love dies, you grive the universe's first death. What do More...
"Maybe I did live an old story, but I couldn't help but live it as though for the first time. The first time you fall in love, it's like you've created the first love in the universe, and the first time someone you love dies, you grive the universe's first death. What do More...
Mar 06, 2010
Stacy
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The Myth of You and Me, by Leah Stewart was an enjoyable read.
The 'idea' of the story is what pulled me in. Subtle tales of love and the ill-fated friendship from highschool where things just fall apart. After what feels like forever, the questions seep back in to "what happend" and "do I really want to know if it's time to move on".
Cameron, after college leads life where the roads take her. She finds a job taking care of Oliver, a 92-year-old Historian, t More...
The 'idea' of the story is what pulled me in. Subtle tales of love and the ill-fated friendship from highschool where things just fall apart. After what feels like forever, the questions seep back in to "what happend" and "do I really want to know if it's time to move on".
Cameron, after college leads life where the roads take her. She finds a job taking care of Oliver, a 92-year-old Historian, t More...
Oct 05, 2009
Jeni
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The Myth of You & Me by Leah Stewart is a great book. It's almost a text book example of what a good books should be. Great writing. Good story. A little bit of mystery. Relatable topics, but not stereotypical "Chick Lit" (which I HATE, by the way). I just loved everything about it.
Cameron receives a letter from her best friend of 8 years (high school and college) whom she hasn't seen, heard from or talked to in about 8 years. After a very manipulative letter from her decea More...
Cameron receives a letter from her best friend of 8 years (high school and college) whom she hasn't seen, heard from or talked to in about 8 years. After a very manipulative letter from her decea More...
Jun 15, 2009
N.
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Aug 24, 2010
Doreen
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Love this book! Finished it this morning and am impressed with Leah Stewart's writing style and her knack for producing a really good story. Two friends, Cameron and Sonia, share childhoods in Clovis, NM. They are inseparable. They continue onto college, with all the wonderful, liberating experiences that period in life has to offer. Then, they're no longer friends. We are not yet explained why the friendship ends. Eight years after the demise of the friendship, Cameron is on a quest to fi
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May 26, 2009
The Listmaker
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When you pick up a book it's usually with the hope that there will be at least one character you can identify with in some fashion. You don't usually start reading a book with the expectation that you'll not only identify with one or more characters but will come to feel, with each turn of the page, as if the writer is writing about you. As if they've somehow gotten into your head and are writing your thoughts and feelings. As if by reading those pages you're holding a mirror in which your own s
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Nov 21, 2008
Jennifer
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I really enjoyed reading this book. So much honestly and complexity, something usually missing in stories about young women and their friendships.
The book is about Cameron and Sonia. They met as teenagers and ended up friends because they were outcasts. This is Cameron's story. She has hidden herself from the world, only to find that her old friend Sonia has reached out to her after years of estrangement. Cameron at first ignores Sonia's attempt at reconciliation but after a life ch More...
The book is about Cameron and Sonia. They met as teenagers and ended up friends because they were outcasts. This is Cameron's story. She has hidden herself from the world, only to find that her old friend Sonia has reached out to her after years of estrangement. Cameron at first ignores Sonia's attempt at reconciliation but after a life ch More...
Mar 14, 2010
Donna
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THE MYTH OF YOU & ME, Leah Stewart
Story about friendship, with a history that covers teen years and a coming of age, into young adulthood. (Fair read – borrowed from “Teachers’ Lending Library” at J. P. Case. Some powerful lines….)
~page 39 – “I could have been packed and gone in a day. Once, I’d been proud of how portable my life had become—far better to accept a transient and unstable lie than to pretend permanence when there was no such a thing.” And…. on page 275, “How m More...
Story about friendship, with a history that covers teen years and a coming of age, into young adulthood. (Fair read – borrowed from “Teachers’ Lending Library” at J. P. Case. Some powerful lines….)
~page 39 – “I could have been packed and gone in a day. Once, I’d been proud of how portable my life had become—far better to accept a transient and unstable lie than to pretend permanence when there was no such a thing.” And…. on page 275, “How m More...
May 15, 2011
Keija
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"The Myth of You and Me" is an outstanding book, to put it simply. Stewart has created psychologically complex characters whose ties to one another are authentic and strong. Thanks to a wisely-chosen central conceit--by order of her dear, now-deceased boss, historian Oliver Doucet, heroine Cameron must find estranged friend Sonia in order to deliver to her a package--as well as a great trick of narrative--the reason for the friends' estrangement is not articulated until deep into the b
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Apr 21, 2010
Sheila
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Hmm... I feel weird about this book. It started out really great, as Leah Stewart manages to hold your curiosity as to why Sonia and Cameron had a falling out. But as the book progresses, you become sort of confused with the juxtaposition of the past and the present. I mean, the premise of the book is that time exists simultaneously and there is no such thing as past, present, or future, but it's either my brain refuses to accept that or it didn't work. On the plus side, the characters are compl
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Aug 14, 2007
Meredith
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This book is about the friendship between two young woman and the story flashes back between past and present. It takes them from their early youth all the way through to adulthood. It's an easy read but the story draws you in. I felt myself dying to know what happens in the end with their friendship. Great book that I recommend to everyone.
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Aug 08, 2009
G
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An amazing book. A story about a friendship between two girls who found safety in each other, as many friendships do. There is an intimacy between the two that is explained in such a way that makes you look back on your own personal friendships. It encourages you to examine the self and all of the personal relationships in your life. As I was reading I felt myself drawn to Cameron's character as she went through a personal learning journal of self examination.
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Aug 06, 2011
Susan
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I really enjoyed this book. I originally checked out the abridged version but the 2nd disc was damaged so I went back to find another copy. The second version was unabridged and listening to it made me realize I should be careful about abridged versions. If it is just a story with 2 dimensional characters, abridged is probably fine but with a book where the depth of character is important get the unabridged. I loved the narrator and I wanted to know her story as well as the stories of the oth
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