Yvette Clark's Blog
July 24, 2020
GLITTER GETS EVERYWHERE
Ten-year-old Kitty Wentworth’s mother died on an inappropriately sunny Tuesday. Now, so much has changed in Kitty’s life over the last few months, and she needs the world to stop spinning around her. She needs things to return to normal—or as normal as they’ll ever be.
Normal definitely does not include her family moving from their home outside London all the way to New York City. Moving means leaving behind her friends and neighbors, her grandmother, and all the places and people that help Kitty keep her mother’s memory alive.
New York City is bright and bustling and completely different from everything Kitty has known. As she adjusts to her new school, explores her new city, and befriends a blue-haired boy, Kitty wonders if her memories of her mother don’t need to stay in one place—if there’s a way for them to be with Kitty everyday, everywhere.
With her wry, poignant wit, Kitty tells a universal story about the grief of losing a beloved family member, the fears of starting over, and the challenges of how to remake a family in this powerful, heartfelt debut novel.
Normal definitely does not include her family moving from their home outside London all the way to New York City. Moving means leaving behind her friends and neighbors, her grandmother, and all the places and people that help Kitty keep her mother’s memory alive.
New York City is bright and bustling and completely different from everything Kitty has known. As she adjusts to her new school, explores her new city, and befriends a blue-haired boy, Kitty wonders if her memories of her mother don’t need to stay in one place—if there’s a way for them to be with Kitty everyday, everywhere.
With her wry, poignant wit, Kitty tells a universal story about the grief of losing a beloved family member, the fears of starting over, and the challenges of how to remake a family in this powerful, heartfelt debut novel.
