Michelle Adelman
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Piece of Mind: A Novel door Michelle Adelman
This was a fascinating book. I'm not really sure what I thought about it, but it has definitely stuck with me. Lucy, the narrator, was hit by a car when she was very little, which left her with brain damage. Because of this her voice is...well, not something I encounter too much in the books I read. I very much enjoyed Lucy, but the plot was just so so. I feel like the author tried to hard to make something happen and should have focused more on the characterization.
After suffering a head injury during childhood, Lucy struggles to adapt to life without a safety net, that is, her brother.
Lucy is a curious mix of intelligence and disability. As a narrator, she is sometimes difficult to understand, but I found myself empathizing with her and wondering just how she would manage. Grief is a prominent theme, but there is also a sense of hope.
This book was so sweetly and movingly told---especially with the author's comments that her older sister, experiencing a brain injury in childhood, provided the drawings in her novel and also the book's inspiration. Written from Lucy's perspective was a revealing way to see the world---both convincing and upsetting in comparison to having a brain that works in what is a more normal pattern. The relationship between Lucy and Nate, her brother, was a big part of the story and beautiful as it developed.… (meer)
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