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All the Ways Home: Parenting and Children in the Lesbian and Gay Communities - A Collection of Short Fiction (Lita) (1995) — Toimittaja; Avustaja — 53 kappaletta
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The book is told by three narrators, Judith, Dani, and Jeffrey. Rizzo does a creditable job of telling her story through the eyes of the three teens, but as always with multiple narrators, the reader may never feel like she gets to know any of the characters well and the story fails in adequately developing the relationships between the narrators.
Rizzo uses many Jewish words and explains their meaning at the end of the book. However, by putting the definitions at the end of the book, she forces the reader (particularly those using Kindles) to stop reading and find the End Notes thus, taking the reader out of the story completely. After a while, the reader may not bother with seeking out definitions of the unfamiliar words rather than leave the story. Also readers may think that the words used are only used by Orthodox Jews when, in fact, they are used (and practiced by) not only the Orthodox Jewish communities but by the Reform and Conservative communities as well.
If you enjoy dystopian stories, this book is for you. If you don’t think you’d like to read YA fiction, try this one, it may surprise with how well written the story is.
My thanks to Bella Books and NetGalley for an eARC.… (lisätietoja)