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What an excellent debut novel.
This story opens with June, who loses her Uncle Finn to AIDS when people didn't know much about the disease. The rest of the book is about how she copes with this loss and how the loss impacts her relationship with other people, particularly her sister Greta, who is having some major issues of her own. The characters are well-written and developed, and the story is very different from other books that I've read. However, I think that what I loved most about this boo ...more
This story opens with June, who loses her Uncle Finn to AIDS when people didn't know much about the disease. The rest of the book is about how she copes with this loss and how the loss impacts her relationship with other people, particularly her sister Greta, who is having some major issues of her own. The characters are well-written and developed, and the story is very different from other books that I've read. However, I think that what I loved most about this boo ...more
Loved this book. I thought the storyline was super creative and important.
Lots of small mysteries built in the story as well.
Lots of small mysteries built in the story as well.
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it was amazing
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