When a tornado destroyed everything that you ...
A reading that gives a big hit!
Elisabeth lives in Jersey with his mother, his stepfather Ronnie and her little sister Marine. The evening of drama, Jersey was household chore at home, Ronnie to work, her sister and her mother in dance. At least, Jersey was stripped of his little sister too energetic and pests, wearing nothing else but leotard. But that night, a tornado through the city. Jersey takes refuge in the basement under the pool table. She would never have believed it live, despite regular warnings and exercises, much less alone. When the storm passed, Jersey realizes she has lost everything in a wink. And where is his family?
This is an exceptional and painful meteorological phenomenon that struck the city of Elizabeth. Roads are destroyed and torn homes. And like many people, life is devastated Jersey in a terrible gale. Is left with the purse of his little sister, a lipstick, a pack of chewing gum and a porcelain cat. First in uncertainty about the survival of his family members, we discover a Jersey clinging to little he has left. It remains a time in the ruins of his house, waiting for the return of his family. When his stepfather returns, the situation is even more painful, then it should logically arrange with his return, relieving us the way.
Unfortunately, his stepfather was too upset to feel able to keep her with him. He then sends with her grandparents at Caster City, home to his biological father. It's a family she has never seen, for many reasons and we realize that this family (which should be naturally hers) is far from being. Only contemptuous family, an unknown Jersey band, who would just find his bearings. Return to Elisabeth, find his home, his friends ... Jersey is lost and there is concern for his future. To whom should it turn? She does not know who to hang and feel that nobody wants her. It is so unfair that it's very tiring. We do not know how we would react to his place, if all we know, all of our benchmarks went up in smoke ...
I loved the little memories of his mother and sister. They are very touching and helps to overcome this terrible ordeal. These are small details that belong to it, that make us smile and sometimes affecting us in the heart. Jersey has a lot of regret when she remembers them. She should have reacted differently in this situation less unpleasant in the latter etc ... But what she remembers is important for her to keep the link with his past life. So, I cried like a baby in Chapter 29. It was a highly anticipated passage and it was perfect. Very moving and just. The pressure was such during play I could just burst into tears because Jersey also releases the pressure at that point. The very end is also full of hope and we close the book when leaving a calmer Jersey.
Verdict: It's impossible to let go as reading the fate of Jersey is important to us. The novel is well named. After the tornado, Jersey's life is turned upside down and nothing will be as before. The girl wants to find his past life and the course of history only in the away unjustly. It is terrible and it shakes. How to rebuild when we lost everything? Where to turn?
