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By Jennifer · 4 posts · 53 views
last updated Feb 29, 2020 12:05PM
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Edward is the sole survivor of commercial plane crash. He loses his parents and brother and goes to live with his aunt and uncle who never had children.
This was our 𝐁𝗼𝗼𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐅𝗼𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 February pick. I expected to endure this book and not much more. I am a fearful flier and was not overly excited to be reading about a plane crash. I was wrong. I loved every minute of this book.
The author did a fantastic job of weaving the story together to tell the backstories of the passengers on board, th ...more
This was our 𝐁𝗼𝗼𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐅𝗼𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 February pick. I expected to endure this book and not much more. I am a fearful flier and was not overly excited to be reading about a plane crash. I was wrong. I loved every minute of this book.
The author did a fantastic job of weaving the story together to tell the backstories of the passengers on board, th ...more
“It’s when gamblers convince themselves that because they’ve been losing for a long stretch, they’re more likely to win any minute. But they’re wrong—of course. The odds of flipping heads is still fifty percent, even if you’ve flipped ten tails in a row.” The gambler’s fallacy! I have had this argument too many times with entitled men in Vegas or Atlantic City! Funny, but not shocking, to see the same theory come up in a book about a plane crash.
The overall theme of the story is hopeful - survi ...more
The overall theme of the story is hopeful - survi ...more
Dear Edward is a realistic look at a 12-year-old boy’s recovery as the sole survivor of a horrific airplane crash was both sobering and uplifting. The reader also gets to know the other airplane passengers’ backstories and hopes for the future in a heartbreaking hour-by-hour account of the plane ride.
The book took me a bit longer than usual to finish. I very much enjoyed the story itself, but it was slow moving. I didn’t find myself losing track of time or avoiding housework in order to keep rea ...more
The book took me a bit longer than usual to finish. I very much enjoyed the story itself, but it was slow moving. I didn’t find myself losing track of time or avoiding housework in order to keep rea ...more
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