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Tell the Wolves I'm Home

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by Carol Rifka Brunt (Goodreads Author)

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What did the wolf symbolize?
Angela
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Give me some feedback - is this an engaging book for a group of 40-50 yr old women to read for our intellectual book club?
Ginny Yes, definitely. If you were a teenager in the late '80s you will understand the setting of the book and how pervasive the fear of AIDS was back then.…moreYes, definitely. If you were a teenager in the late '80s you will understand the setting of the book and how pervasive the fear of AIDS was back then. I think that gives 40/50-something readers a strong personal connection to the story that the young adult readers won't have (though they will find their own connections, I'm sure). I'd love to discuss this book with a book club.(less)
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after reading a few reviews i am interested in trying the book but i have one big make-or-break question that will decide whether or not i try it: is there an implication of incest or incestual love in this book? some reviewers have sad that the main character, June, is "in love" with her uncle, and even if it is unrequited I'm super triggered by anything even slightly incestual in nature, so I need to know.
Julia (SPOILERS...SORRY IT WOULDN'T LET ME MARK IT AS A SPOILER SO I AM DOING THIS) Well your question is from a long time ago so I don't know if my answer …more(SPOILERS...SORRY IT WOULDN'T LET ME MARK IT AS A SPOILER SO I AM DOING THIS) Well your question is from a long time ago so I don't know if my answer will help, but maybe it will, if there are others out there that want this question answered. Yes, it is a trigger, in my view. I know some said it wasn't, but, I think it is. And I say this as someone who was sexually abused as a child, and assaulted as an adult. I know what a trigger is. I think perhaps the people who said it wasn't a trigger don't really fully get what a trigger is. And lucky them that they don't have to know that.

It is unrequited. And nothing happens between them. But she is in love with him. The feelings are there, and the feelings are clear, and I have the uneasy feeling she would have done something, maybe, with him, if she had the chance (I don't think he would, though, because he's gay, and because he's principled). Her being in love with him is a major theme in the book. I think you'd be uncomfortable with it. (less)
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Julia I was so confused by that part! She asks Toby if Finn was his "real first", and, yeah, Toby is quiet at first but then he says something like "Finn ne…moreI was so confused by that part! She asks Toby if Finn was his "real first", and, yeah, Toby is quiet at first but then he says something like "Finn never knew". At the time, I thought maybe Toby meant "Finn never knew he wasn't my first lover".....but I think you explanation makes way more sense. It fits. (less)
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Mommooshka SPOILER: I think June asking Toby to rescue Greta resulted in him going out in the storm and rain, getting soaked and cold when he gave Greta his (act…moreSPOILER: I think June asking Toby to rescue Greta resulted in him going out in the storm and rain, getting soaked and cold when he gave Greta his (actually Finn's) coat, and ending up with pneumonia causing him to die one or two months earlier than he otherwise would have, as Toby said in the hospital. Toby forgave June because rescuing Greta was part of Toby taking care of June as Finn had asked him to do. And Toby agreed he wanted to leave the hospital with her without his oxygen even though he knew it would hasten his death because he would rather die with her by his side than to die alone in the hospital. In this way June took care of Toby and didn't leave him alone, which Finn had asked June to do.(less)
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