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Loading... The People We Keep (edition 2021)by Allison Larkin (Author)
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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  rmarcin | Dec 31, 2024 |   This book was not anywhere on my radar. Not sure I would choose to read it. I did not find it to be great. This is a 2021 novel written by Allison Larkin. The main character is a 21 y/o from a dysfunctional family; her mother essentially abandoned her and her father has ignored her and replaced her with a new woman and family. April is 16 y/o failing at school, failing at life. After a fight she packs up and leaves her small town in search of herself. The themes of the book are loneliness, belonging, found family. Other aspects include dysfunctional parents, homelessness, stealing, squatting, sexual promiscuity, gay/lesbian relations, drugs. It is not explicitly a book about queerness. It would also be about self love. “Where you come from doesn’t dictate who you are”. (  ) Kristelh | Aug 13, 2024 |  ) tavitas | Aug 10, 2024 |  ) BethQuerrey | Jul 24, 2024 | ) rocketshackgirl | Mar 13, 2024 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:BOOK RIOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021 "This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance. It contains heartbreak and redemption, and a plucky, irresistible protagonist...[A] propulsive, empathetic novel." —Shelf Awareness Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school, picking up shifts at a local diner, she's left fending for herself in a town where she's never quite felt at home. When she "borrows" her neighbor's car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that's all hers. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she can't shake the feeling that she'll hurt them the way she's been hurt. As April moves through the world, meeting people who feel like home, she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesn't dictate who she has to be. This lyrical, luminous tale "is both a profound love letter to creative resilience and a reminder that sometimes even tragedy can be a kind of blessing" (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author). No library descriptions found. |
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Heartbreaking at times, heartwarming at others.
April Sawicki is living alone at 16 in a motorhome. Her father lives with his pregnant girlfriend Irene and her son. April is dating Matty, and he wants to marry her, but she wants out of the little town and to make it as a singer/songwriter. After a big fight with her father, she packs up and leaves, after stealing the car he bought for Irene. She lands in Ithaca and starts working at a coffee shop for Carly. Adam notices her and helps her, as he was homeless himself.
She realizes she must move on, and travels the country, always searching for a friend, and a family.
This story will stay with me for a long time (