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Once, in a Town Called Moth

Tekijä: Trilby Kent

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Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, from which her mother fled when Ana was a young girl. Now Ana and her father have also fled, and Ana doesn't know why. She only knows that something was amiss in their tight-knit community. Arriving in Toronto, Ana has to fend for herself in this alien environment, completely isolated in a big city with no help and no idea where to even begin. But begin she does- she makes a friend, then two. She goes to school and tries to understand the myriad unspoken codes and rules. She is befriended by a teacher. She goes to the library, the mall, parties. And all the while, she searches for the mother who left so long ago, and tries to understand her father -- also a stranger in a strange land, with secrets of his own. This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with readers who have struggled with being new and unsure in a strange place, even if that place is in a classroom full of people they know. Ana's story is unique but universal; strange but familiar; extraordinary but ordinary- a fish out of water tale that speaks to us all.… (lisätietoja)
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I can't put my finger on why I found this story so compelling. It's quiet, and even though big things happen the tone remains quiet, as though you are watching from afar. But the far away perspective doesn't make it boring - it's all crystal clear, and sometimes flits quickly from one scene to the next as though you are watching snippets of film, or catching quick soundbites of dialogue. Occasionally when something extraordinary is happening in life I have that weird out-of-body feeling, as though my life is a movie and I'm watching it all happen, crystal-clear but distant at the same time - that's how this felt. I really liked it, mostly because I liked all the characters, and even though the words were spare, it all came to life completely. My only doubt was if Ana could really be so quick to catch up to the modern world after living so remotely for her whole life. She seems really nimble about understanding technology and other people and cultures. That might be believable or it might be a stretch, but all in all this was a really interesting book about being displaced and uncovering past family mysteries. ( )
  kamlibrarian | Dec 23, 2022 |
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I requested this book from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program because I was interested in learning more about the Mennonite culture the young protagonist was brought up in. Though there are some flash-backs to her life there, she was really too young to fully understand what was going on. Due to this, the story is not as fascinating as I had hoped, but the character of Ana is more relatable. As other reviewers have mentioned, Ana adapts very quickly to her new life in Canada as she searches for her mother. She seems to be putting in a lot more effort than her father is, even though he ostensibly moved the two of them there for that purpose. The eventual climax and reunion is not as revealing as I'd hoped, but the subject matter is probably tempered for a young audience. It was a quick read, and pretty much enjoyable. ( )
  EmScape | Feb 6, 2019 |
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I really enjoyed the style and the story, particularly how the mystery wasn't really the key plot, but was fed out slowly without extra drama to enhance the characters rather than drive the pace. As a reader I could really feel Ana trying to get a grip on the confused identities she's carrying, trying to be both the self she knows from her Mennonite upbringing and the self she's learning to be in modern Toronto. ( )
  MizPurplest | Dec 21, 2018 |
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This book was a quick read and I was super interested in learning about the Mennonite communities in Bolivia. The details about the Mennonite lifestyle contrasting with life in Toronto pulled me in as a reader. Anneli is an extremely likable character who is torn between becoming her own person in Toronto and living in the Mennonite manner serving God. This book was terrific. ( )
  amazzuca26 | Aug 11, 2018 |
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Anneli has been abruptly removed from her life in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia and relocated to Toronto, Canada. The story alternates from telling her current story in Toronto to her past story in Bolivia with the promise of revealing what she doesn't remember or didn't know because of her age. There are certainly moments in this story but overall the person of Ana/Anneli doesn't ring true. She too quickly becomes a product of Canada and although there is a hint of the angst such a relocation would cause it seems a foregone conclusion that she will chose Canada over the only life she has ever known. Her and her father ostensibly move to Toronto to search for her long-gone mother but their reunion is almost anticlimactic and the ending was sappy. It's a quick read and entertaining but don't expect deep thoughts about moving between drastically different cultures. ( )
  True54Blue | Jul 25, 2018 |
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Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, from which her mother fled when Ana was a young girl. Now Ana and her father have also fled, and Ana doesn't know why. She only knows that something was amiss in their tight-knit community. Arriving in Toronto, Ana has to fend for herself in this alien environment, completely isolated in a big city with no help and no idea where to even begin. But begin she does- she makes a friend, then two. She goes to school and tries to understand the myriad unspoken codes and rules. She is befriended by a teacher. She goes to the library, the mall, parties. And all the while, she searches for the mother who left so long ago, and tries to understand her father -- also a stranger in a strange land, with secrets of his own. This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with readers who have struggled with being new and unsure in a strange place, even if that place is in a classroom full of people they know. Ana's story is unique but universal; strange but familiar; extraordinary but ordinary- a fish out of water tale that speaks to us all.

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