When your mother walks out on you, you cant stand your dads new girlfriend, and boys are (almost) nothing but trouble, sixteens not so sweet. Marcies life is a mess. At least she thinks it is. Her fathers latest girlfriend keeps meddling in her business, her younger brother Kyle has turned into a neat-freak since their mother walked out on them four years ago, and her best friend Callie is going off the rails. Things dont get any better when Marcies mother announces shes getting married. She hasnt wanted to see Marcie and Kyle for the last four years, why does she now want them to spend the entire summer with her? As first love hits, Marcie finds out whats really wrong with Callie, and near-tragedy strikes the family. Marcie suddenly has some tough decisions to make. Warning, this title contains the following: mild language, alcohol/drug references, sexual situations, and plenty of teen angst.
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This review is from: If You Could Only Choose Your Mother (Paperback)
Five years ago, Marcie's mother walked out, and in the intervening years, her dad has dated some. The latest one is Eva, a rather maternal type who is actually older than he is, but all her good qualities only make Marcie resent her more; not that she wants her mother back, she just doesn't want another woman there either. Nor is she thrilled when her absentee parent demands that she and her brother come spend the summer in New York and to her wedding. Her attempts to cope with that only lead to arguments and humiliating incidents. Her best friend getting into trouble only adds to the tension, but then, something good happens and Marcie finally discovers what might be true love. With things looking up, Marcie is actually happy, until tragedy strikes and she is forced to face one of the scariest things that can happen to a teen, or to an adult for that matter. In the crisis though, she learns many very important things.
***** I have often advised adult readers to partake of young adult books, and this is no exception. Though darker than you might expect a teen book to be, the realism of it is never crass or overly depressing. Furthermore, the bleak moments make the light shine through all the more clearly when it comes. Marcie's is a powerful story, one that will get into your heart. Having watched my own dad suffer ill health, I have to say, those scenes almost hit too close to home, and made me wish I could hug the characters involved. ***** Amanda Killgore
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