Alice Kuipers first novel I read and I was very pleasantly surprised! I dreaded the good feelings or marshmallow excess, nay! Sophie's life collapsed suddenly. On the advice of her therapist, she keeps a diary. And it is this journal that we discover. Sophie lost her older saeur Emily. Early in the book, it is not known under what circumstances. But through Sophie's diary, one feels that the cause of his death has affected many people. Sophie's mother has not been able to overcome this tragedy. It has become a shadow of itself and passes his days in his room. Mother and daughter no longer communicate or no longer do. Torn between anger, rebellion and guilt, Sophie is just a young girl lost. How to live after the death of his saeur? Despite appearances, Sophie can not do it more than her mother. His fear the blocks and prevents it from opening his eyes. The complicity that bound to Abigail Sophie, her best friend, is only a memory. Sophie is also a teenager and is a thousand little details that remind us. Writing and poetry will help Sophie to accept this painful past and begin his work of mourning.
Without sentimentality, on a right note, this is a touching book that demonstrates oh words and writing help ...
