Birthday

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Boyhood meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this unconventional love story by award winning author Meredith Russo Two kids, Morgan and Eric, are bonded for life after being born on the same day at the same time We meet them once a year on their shared birthday as they grow and change as Eric figures out who he is and how he fits into the world, and as Morgan makes the difficult choice to live as her true self Over the years, they will drift apart, come together, fight, make up, and break up and ultimately, realize how inextricably they are a part of each other. Download Birthday – kino-fada.fr Equally soul crushing and heart warmingMeredith Russo, this book absolutely blew me away.Eric and Morgan have known each other since birth That s not hyperbole they were born on the same day in the same hospital, and there was a snowstorm, so both families were snowed in Their families were close, at least until Morgan s mother died of cancer But the boys have been best friends their entire lives.As their 13th birthday approaches, Morgan knows things are changing What Morgan knowsthan anything is that he isn t whom he s sup Meredith Russo, this book absolutely blew me away.Eric and Morgan have known each other since birth That s not hyperbole they were born on the same day in the same hospital, and there was a snowstorm, so both families were snowed in Their families were close, at least until Morgan s mother died of cancer But the boys have been best friends their entire lives.As their 1...I am crying so hard in this club TW suicide, death of a parent, homophobia, transphobiafavorite book of the year, hands down.Three years ago, I read Meredith Russo s debut If I Was Your Girl and I enjoyed it, but I could not have predicted it becoming a bestseller and award winning novel, because although I found it sweet and meaningful, it was not a page turner for me Birthday is very different from her debut, so different that I feel a switch was made in the author s mind or she wanted to tell a heart breaking story instead of a mainly heart blossoming one.There is a lot of love in this coming of age story it i Three years ago, I read Meredith Russo s debut If I Was Your Girl and I enjoyed it, but I could not h...Huge thanks to Flat Iron Books for the ARC Holy crap, I loved this book I loved it so muchthan I thought it would I finished it one one day and it s been a while since I ve done that I just absolutely adored Morgan and Eric The premise of this book is super vague so I m going to try to keep this review as vague as possible but wow My fucking heart hurts and this book is so powerful and so important I love the way this story is told, we get to follow these two characters every year Huge thanks to Flat Iron Books for the ARC Holy crap, I loved this book I loved it so muchthan I thought it would I finished it one one day and it s been a while since I ve done that I just absolutely adored Morgan and Eric The premise of this book is super vague so I m going to try to keep this review as vague as possible but wow My fucking heart hurts and this book is so powerful and so important I love the way this story is told, we get to follow these two characters every year on their birthday and only on their birthday for six years It is such a great story...Absolutely a favorite of the year I was immediately invested in these characters and loved the format of only seeing them once a year on their birthdays, seeing how their lives had changed since we last checked in.I did not expect the grief element in this book Morgan s mom died from cancer when she was 12, and my mom died of cancer when I was 12 To say that Morgan s feelings hit home is an understatement Her mother wrote letters before she died, and so on the other side of things, as a mom, Absolutely a favorite of the year I was immediately invested in these characters and loved the format of only seeing them once a year on their birthdays, seeing how their lives had changed since we last checked in.I did not expect the grief element in this book Morgan s mom died from cancer when she was 12, and my mom died of cancer when I was 12 To say that Morgan s feelings hit home is an understatement Her mother wrote letters before she died, and so on the other side of things, as a mom, I connected with the feelings of wanting to see your child happy, whoever they are I actually sobbed while reading her mom s words and I don t often cry when reading I genuinely felt like the last letter was something I needed to hear from my own mother, thank you Meredith for those words 3Audiobook Narration was fine with the excepti...Audio 4.5 starsStory 5 starsI don t really have the words to review this book, but I do have two words for the author, Meredith Russo THANK YOU As a mother who very recently found out that her 13 year old child is FTM trans, this story and the interview at the end between the narrator and the author who are both MTF trans proved to beenlightening than any pamphlet could ever be The story may be fictional, but ...I started reading Birthday on 5 10 2019 and finished it on 5 11 2019 This book is a fantastic read As soon as I read Morgan s view I felt heartbroken for him because of his mom Gosh, I cried so much reading this book I also really like Eric too Eric s such a good person and a caring friend despite having those jerk...I feel like crying I couldn t put this down because I fell in love with both Eric and Morgan This broke my heart and twisted it and made me tear up But it was also so triumphant This is going to save lives.

Birthday
  • 15 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 1250129834
  • Meredith Russo
  • Birthday