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Sto caricando le informazioni... An Appetite for Miraclesdi Laekan Zea Kemp
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Danna's beloved grandfather has dementia, and she's made it her mission to try to bring him moments of clarity through the foods he's loved and written about throughout his life. Raúl has lived with his uncle, a pastor, for the past two years while his mom has been in jail, but when she finally comes home, it doesn't go back to the way it used to be between them: she has nightmares, sobs in the shower, and hassles him about grades. Raúl and Danna meet when he visits her house with his uncle for sessions of music therapy with her grandpa. There is instant chemistry, but beyond that, the two quickly develop a rapport and share their feelings, fears, and joys. Danna's cousin and best friend Victoria and her dad both love her unconditionally, but her mother is cold and judgmental, especially about Danna's body, clothes, and what she eats; it turns out this has to do with something in her own past. Novel in verse. Danna's text is aligned left, Raúl's is aligned right. Set in Austin, TX; some Spanish. Enough descriptions of food to make readers salivate! Quotes ...because he told them they were good and what they heard is that they're good enough. And if an alien came down to Earth and asked me what a Christian is, that's what I would tell them. That it's a person who thinks they're good enough. (142) Maybe flying and falling are actually the same thing. Maybe the only difference is how it makes you feel. (165) Arguing over this body that won't fit into the keyhole that unlocks my mother's love. (195) I hear it in his voice, this longing for someone who isn't supposed to be lost. (237) Life isn't a test you can take again. You either pass or you fail and the older I get, the less time she has to stack the deck in my favor, to have any say in who I'll end up being. (250) "I can't stop chasing that feeling. This appetite for miracles I can never satisfy." (271) "Healing doesn't always look the way we want it to" (320) "Maybe that's why [time] dragged. Because while I was begging it to speed up, somewhere in the world someone else was begging it to slow down." (330) ...that's what I'm so afraid of losing. Not just Grandpa but how he sees me. (383) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Poetry.
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Young Adult Fiction.
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HTML:Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp??s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must come together to heal the pain from their pasts, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nicola Yoon. Danna Mendoza Villarreal??s grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna??s not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship with her mother even more difficult. Raúl Santos has been lost ever since his mother was wrongly incarcerated two years ago. Playing guitar for the elderly has been his only escape, to help them remember and him forget. But when his mom unexpectedly comes back into his life, what is he supposed to do when she isn??t the same person who left? When Danna and Raúl meet, sparks fly immediately and they embark on a mission to heal her grandfather...and themselves. Because healing is something best done together??even if it doesn??t always look the way we wan Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Raul is a mediocre student who just wants to play the guitar so he can forget about the fact that his mom is locked up in prison. When he and his uncle go to Danna's house to sing and play guitar as part of music therapy he and Danna form an instant connection. Their teenaged lives are in turmoil and through food, prayer, and friendship things will work out. Not the way they planned it, but they will work out. Beautiful writing; it's impossible not to get hungry while reading this. It's practically a love letter to food and the memories it can store for us. ( )