Speed of Life by J.M. Kelly
- A beautiful book about two sisters, you’ll fall in love with this book right off the bat.
- Nice easy flow – and conversational style – to the writing. Well developed character, plot and setting.
- Wry, witty humour underscores the pretty crappy life situation the two sisters find themselves in. The girls are living in grinding poverty, their subsidised/free lunch plans the only decent meal of their day, with little parental support to help them out.
- That one sister ends up as a teen mom could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. But this is where the book shines… They are both incredible, strong, determined young women, supportive of each other and with a clear vision as to how to be more than what they’ve come from.
- And have I mentioned cars yet? I know nothing about cars, but I do appreciate vintage cars – not that I can tell one from another – and what goes into them. I enjoyed ‘the car’ as both literal object and as metaphor.
Read the review at CM Magazine.
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- Learn more about the Forest of Reading here.
- Check out Forest Fridays, virtual visits with featured authors (link is to last year). We look forward to their return. When they do, we will be hosting a couple of them here at ESA.
- Students who would like to join us at the Festival of Trees, at Harbourfront, on Tuesday May 15th should see Ms. Wray in the Library.
- Permission forms will be available later this week.