Sisters with nothing in common? That's Mado and Patty.
Studious and responsible, 15-year-old Mado is the family brain. Patty, on the other h... read full description
Studious and responsible, 15-year-old Mado is the family brain. Patty, on the other h... read full description
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Jan 28, 2011
Caren
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Originally published in French in 2004, this book was translated and published in the USA in 2007. The author, Anne-Laure Bondoux, has just won the ALA's Batchelder award for her book "A Time of Miracles". "Life as it Comes" is more of a teen story than the other books I have read by this author. In fact, each of her books has been very different, but well executed. In this story, two recently orphaned sisters must cope with their grief and try to get along. The eldest, Patty
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May 06, 2008
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com
Mado and Patty are sisters. Now that their parents are gone, killed in a car crash on their way to the family's vacation home, they're the only family they've got. Still, though, they're very different people. LIFE AS IT COMES is about their life together after the accident.
Patty is her younger sister's legal guardian, and they're doing the best they can together. However, life is further complicated when Patty reveals that More...
Mado and Patty are sisters. Now that their parents are gone, killed in a car crash on their way to the family's vacation home, they're the only family they've got. Still, though, they're very different people. LIFE AS IT COMES is about their life together after the accident.
Patty is her younger sister's legal guardian, and they're doing the best they can together. However, life is further complicated when Patty reveals that More...
Jan 23, 2012
Sierra
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This book was ok. The beginning and end were kinda slow. The middle had good pacing and was very intresting. Its about 2 sisters- Patty and Mado- who lost their parents in a car crash. Patty is now Mado's guardian and they are trying to get their lives back on track. Patty leaves to go to Amsterdam for a weekend and Mado later finds out shes pregnant. They leave for a vacation were they both fall in love and Patty delivers her baby.You'll have to read to find out what happens next!
Jan 11, 2009
Terry
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"You'll be back before the leaves start to fall." It's the narrator's, Mado's, theme. The novel spans but a few months -- August, September, October -- but plenty happens. It could be a coming-of-age novel if Mado weren't already, at fifteen, the grown up in her family. It's her older sister who needs to grow up, to come of age. A quick read with its fill of surprises.
Nov 27, 2010
Aira
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I was quite young when I read this, so there were some parts I was blur but in the end I learn a life lesson that's rare from books. The burden the lil sis carries was over bearing & the carelessness of the older sis makes me scream. But they both grew up (in their own way) and that's great!
Jun 05, 2008
Hazel
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Mado and Patty are sisters recovering from their parent’s death in a car accident. The only problem is they are as different as night and day. Mado a 9th grader is incredibly intelligent with a knack of responsibility. Patty, on the other hand, is a carefree party girl who has an accustomed habit of having many boyfriends. By the time summer vacation rolls along both of them are happy to get out of their apartment. But while trying to relax in their country home their lives only deepen in more d
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Jul 10, 2010
Emily
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I think the fact that it was originally written in French had something to do with it, but this book was boring and plain and a little bit confusing as to where these girls actually lived at first. I eventually had to put it down.
May 24, 2009
Andalee
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I think the book must have lost something in the translation from the original French, because I hated this book. There was no point to it, and it was AWFUL.
Aug 27, 2011
I never would have thought that orphans in Paris had it just as bad if not worse than american ones.
Oct 31, 2010
Roma
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this book is amazing.
its basically about real life.
EVERYONE should read this book.
I loved it.
its basically about real life.
EVERYONE should read this book.
I loved it.
Aug 03, 2011
Le moins complaisant des romans pour adolescentes. Très touchant, bien écrit, adorable et même snif snif.
Jun 18, 2008
Clay
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Three and a half-stars. This French/European teen novel is a real tonic to many plastic teen offerings. After their parents are killed in a car crash, quirky twenty-something and out-of-wedlock-pregnant Patti "takes responsibility" for her far more responsible 15-year-old sister, Mado. Quick read, recommended.
Mar 20, 2008
Beth
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French novel about 2 sisters living together after their parents die in a car accident. Sister Patty who is 20 and rather carefree confesses she is pregnant, the responsibility for keeping the family together falls on the younger (15) Mado.
Feb 17, 2008
Karin
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french novel about 2 sisters living together after the unexpected deaths of their parents (car accident). when 20yo sister Patty confesses she is pregnant, the responsibility for keeping the family together falls on 15yo Mado. quirky and heartfelt.
May 18, 2008
Joant
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Translated from the French. A 19 flighty sister takes guardianship of her more resonsible younger sister They create a life for themselves after their parents sudden death. I enjoyed their story.
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