Recommended by Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project (she recommends three books per month...here are July's choices), this novel Up a Road Slowly, a young adult classic, explores the life of main character Julie who upon the death of her mother, goes to live with her aunt Cordelia.
A book that explores several rites of passages, including death, broken and distant relationships, life's choices, this was a quick and enjoyable read, one that I will place within my own classroom and book talk (have faces of last year's students that would enjoy this one).
Several years of Julie's life is encompassed within these pages, as we watch her grow from a little girl into one choosing which college to attend, along the way deciding to remain living with her seemingly stern aunt.
Again, the joy of a book club is reading books that might not have been my first...or even second...choice. Up a Road Slowly was Rubin's February young adult recommendation, one that I completed in May...and am just now reviewing. Something is wrong with this completion schedule! Isn't life just too real at times?!
Enjoy!
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