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Stella Rose on April 21st 2015 Pages: 343
Format: Paperback
Source: She Writes Press
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Upon Stella Rose’s death, her best friend, Abby, moves to rural Vermont to take care of her sixteen-year-old daughter, Olivia. But Abby struggles to connect with Olivia and she soon finds guardianship of a headstrong teenager daunting beyond her wildest misgivings. Despite her best efforts, and the help of friends old and new, she is unable to keep Olivia from self-destruction. As Abby’s journey unfolds, she grapples with raising a grieving teenager, realizes she didn’t know Stella as well as she thought, and discovers just how far she will go to save the most precious thing in her life.
When I first read about this book, I had a feeling it was going to be a tear jerker, a girl loses her mother and her mother’s closest friend takes custody of the young teen, how could you not be saddened by that? However, I also found this to be a wonderfully realistic depiction of two women dealing with grief in their own ways. The book was well written and, to me, quite moving. I found it to be a wonderful debut for this author and I look forward to reading more from her in the future. I would recommend Stella Rose to those who love a good, emotional, contemporary tale that flows poetically.
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