Relative Strangers

Posted on by

Why is there a gap in Jules s baby album A wry and poignant coming of age novel about finding the truth in lies, salvaging hope in heartbreak, and making peace with missing pieces.Eighteen year old Jules has always wished for a close knit family She never knew her father, and her ex addict mother has always seemed interested in artistic endeavors than in bonding with her only daughter Jules s life and future look as flat and unchanging as her small Illinois town Then a simple quest to find a baby picture for the senior yearbook leads to an earth shattering discovery for most of the first two years of her life, Jules lived in foster care Reeling from feelings of betrayal and with only the flimsiest of clues, Jules sets out to learn the truth about her past What she finds is a wonderful family who loved her as their own and hoped to adopt her including a now adult foster brother who is overjoyed to see his sister again But as her feelings for him spiral into a devastating, catastrophic crush and the divide between Jules and her mother widens Jules finds herself on the brink of losing everything. Free Read [ Relative Strangers ] Author [ Paula Garner ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Candlewick Press in exchange for my honest review Relative Strangers was a sweet story about learning of loss and family, and finding your true self Overall, I liked the idea of where the story stemmed from, Jules finding her family of the lost 15 months that she had no memory or pictu...This review can also be found on my blog.This was good, but I did have a few problems with it overall.First of all, I think it started out REALLY strong I was laughing in the very first few pages and I got an amazing sense of who our main character was I liked her I liked her love of food and her complicated home life and her diverse best friends The premise was very unique as well I have never encountered a...I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Candlewick Press in exchange for my honest review Relative Strangers was a sweet story about learning of loss and family, and finding your true self Overall, I liked the idea of where the story stemmed from, Jules finding her family of the lost 15 months that she had no memory or pictures of But, it could have been much stronger than it turned out to be I quite enjoyed each character, Jules, Luke, Mima, Buddy, Leila, Gab, Eli, but they mainl I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Candlewick Press in exchange for my honest review Relative Strangers was a sweet story about learning of loss and family, and finding your true self Overall, I liked the idea of where the story stemmed from, Jules finding her family of the lost 15 months that she had no memory or pictures of But, it could have been much stronger than it turned out to be I quite enjoyed each character, Jules, Luke, Mima, Buddy, Leila, Gab, Eli, but they mainly just stayed stagnant throughout the story, to where I wasn t really excited when anythin...3.5 starsThis book was an absolute beautiful and emotional story about friendships and family, I loved Jules as the main character, I felt like I really connected with her, from her insecurities to her love of food, it was a great story to read.I only really had one problem with this story, which was the romance, I was a little disappointed to say the least, I just felt like the idea of the growing relationship and romance with Jules and Luke was a little crushing and unexpected in my case at th 3.5 starsThis book was an absolute beautiful and emotional story about friendships and family, I loved Jules as the main character, I felt like I really connected with her, from her insecurities to her love of ...I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.When I received this book I didn t have any idea what this is going to be about, and secretly I was hoping it to be a good YA, I was literally craving for a good YA and Yes it was, It is the sweetest YA I ve read.Jules, while searching for her childhood photo for her yearbook found it she had a foster family for 19th months when she was two her mom got her book, she was shocked as well as curious to get to know abou I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.When I received this book I didn t have any idea what this is going to be about, and secretly I was hoping it to be a good YA, I was literally craving for a good YA and Yes it was, It is the sweetest YA I ve read.Jules, while searching for ...Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of RELATIVE STRANGERS in exchange for my honest review Paula Garner is one of those writers whose realistic young adult fiction is guaranteed to be unique, brave and worthy of multiple reads, so I was excited to score an ARC of RELATIVE STRANGERS.Jules honest, heart felt narration had me following her quest for answers from page one Always on the outs, she partially resented her single mom for not giving her the life like her bes...RELATIVE STRANGERS is a gorgeous meditation on the complicated nature of family and how we re shaped by our past, our memories, loss, and love When Jules makes an unexpected discovery about her early life, she goes on a painful, but ultimately rewarding journey of self discovery Her character felt so achingly real, as did her mistakes Oh god, she made some TERRIBLE decisions, but I TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY, you know This bo...my review for this book will be in the February issue of School Library Journal MagazineI was really excited to read this book, because I have such an over abundance of love for Phantom Limbs I adored the first half of the book, but I felt like it lost its focus a little bit in the middle However, there were things that happened near the end that brought ...This book is incredible I ll write a longer review closer to pub date

Relative Strangers
  • English
  • 14 November 2018
  • ebook
  • 368 pages
  • Paula Garner
  • Relative Strangers