Read from: 07/3/18 - 07/29/18
Format: Hardcover (owned)
Rating from Goodreads: 4.65 (****.65)
My Rating: 5 stars (*****)
Summary from Goodreads
Alexandra “Al” Silber seems to have everything: brilliance, beauty, and talent in spades. But when her beloved father dies after a decade-long battle with cancer when she is just a teenager, it feels like the end of everything. Lost in grief, Al and her mother hardly know where to begin with the rest of their lives.
Into this grieving house burst Al’s three friends from theatre camp, determined to help out as only drama students know how—and they’re moving in for the duration. Over the course of that winter, the now five-strong household will do battle with everything Death can throw at them—meddling relatives, merciless bureaucracy, soul-sapping sadness, the endless Tupperware. They will learn (almost) everything about love and will eventually return to the world, altered in different ways by their time in a home by a river.
Told with raw passion, candor and wit, White Hot Grief Parade is an ode to the restorative power of family and friendship—and the unbreakable bond, even in death, between father and daughter.
Personal thoughts going in
As a fan of theatre, I had heard Alexandra Silber’s name tossed around, but I didn’t know her work or anything. What really put her on my radar was when the 2016 Revival of Fiddler On The Roof came out, and from this time I have been a fan of her work. I read her debut novel After Anatevka last year, and the early part of this year, and I just loved that book so much. I had even pre-ordered this book before I finished the first one, she is that fantastic of a writer. Going in, I knew that this book would be a bit of a wild ride, this was just judging by the description.
What I loved
What I loved about this book was the fact that it was something that rang so true for me. I could really tell that Alexandra Silber was being so real, and she was not shying away from the details about what happened. This was an account of what her family and friends were really like, and I really loved that.
The other thing that I loved about this book was the style and the writing. Alexandra Silber has such a style with her writing, and you see that in this novel. This book was funny one moment, and then very serious the next moment, and it was all because of the way that the book was written.
Comments
Post a Comment