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S'està carregant… Untethered (edició 2016)de Julie Lawson Timmer (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. There are too much going on in the book. The characters and plots are thoughtful and somewhat realistic. However, I did not feel like I was connected to any of the characters. I did like how Timmer included the stepmother has no right to claim Allie after Bradley decreed issue since remarriage has becoming more and more common now a day. Also, how Allie handled everything: the grieve and teenage-hood. I think Morgan's story is too big of a issue to add onto the same book. Overall, it is not a bad book. It fictionalize some of the big issues in today's families. It is a little more complex than the typical summer women fiction novels. 3 out of 5 stars Received a free copy from BookSparks in exchange for an honest review. At first glance, “Untethered” by Julie Lawson Timmer seemed like a straightforward, happily ever after story. While it can still be considered that, it was so much more. “Untethered” began with the death of Bradley Hawthorn and its effect on his wife Char and daughter Allie. Being Allie’s stepmother, Char no longer has any claim in Allie’s life. Their complicated bond is further tested by the disruption Lindy, Allie’s biological mom, consistently causes. This was a poignant and heartfelt book about the bond of family and the intricacies that come with a mixed family where not everyone is blood-related. Julie sheds light on the balance needed to build and maintain the complex relationships of step-relations. The tug of war Char experiences throughout the book of wanting to be a mom to Allie, but not wanting to overstep her bounds was moving in itself, but what really took the novel to the next level was Morgan’s character. Allie had met Morgan through a tutoring program and they had become quite attached. Morgan was a foster child with a difficult past, but a huge heart. The journey Allie and Char individually take when Morgan mysteriously disappears made this one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The characters are well-developed and relatable. The only negative point I can make is that Char’s continuous analyzation of seemingly small details in her relationship with Allie gets exasperating at times, but I’ve never been part of a step-family and the minutiae were very realistic and well thought out. Overall, this was a heartrending story and as soon as I finished the book, I wanted to start it all over! Oh, this book. If ever there were poster children for people who need grief counseling, Char and Allie would be them! The author did an amazing job conveying the tangled emotions of grief and how to deal with the relationship after a death between a step-mother and mother and the daughter. The first part of this book was an amazing example of grief, it opens at the funeral of Allie's dad. The second half of this book is a train ride of emotion in a whole new way. Allie goes on a quest to rescue her tutee and Char (the step-mother) chases her to try to get them both back safely. I was deeply appalled by Morgan's (the tutee) parents. I could never imagine doing that and the author did an excellent job of making me feel disgusted by them. Overall, an interesting read, I did however feel like the middle dragged a bit as I was waiting to see what would happen in the end! A special thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Julie Lawson Timmer returns following her heart-wrenching debut, Five Days Left, landing on my Top 30 Books of 2014, with UNTETHERED -- an emotional domestic suspense of blended families and the powerful ties that bind. Char Hawthorn, had a great life. A freelance editor, happily married to a college professor, Bradley and stepmother to his Allie, a fifteen-year-old in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. However, when her perfectionist husband dies suddenly in a car accident, she is left to pick up the pieces and contend with Allie’s biological mother, Lindy. The threat she may be separated from her step-daughter with a pending move to California. Her step-mom is not mother quality. In the meantime, there is another storyline creating tensions. Allie’s connection to Morgan, a ten-year-old-girl she has been tutoring—a troubled girl caught up in foster care, now adopted, who self-harms. Char attempts to hold it all together throughout the drama. There are cracks and fissures, with non-traditional family units; grief, struggles, emotions, relationships, balancing, defining roles, failings, trials, and those caught in the middle and crossfires. From emotionally abused children, special needs, motherhood, step-parenting, frustrations and resentments-- a suspenseful exploration of the human psyche, its complexities, and the resilience of family, with a domestic psychological literary twist. Timmer once again explores what makes a family means, and the outcome when bonds are tested. JDCMustReadBooks Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"When Char Hawthorn's husband dies unexpectedly, she is left questioning everything she once knew to be true: from the cozy small town life they built together to her relationship with her stepdaughter, who is suddenly not bound to Char in any real way. Untethered explores what bonds truly form a family and how, sometimes, love knows no bounds. Char Hawthorn, college professor, wife and stepmother to a spirited fifteen-year-old daughter, loves her family and the joyful rhythms of work and parenting. But when her husband dies in a car accident, the "step" in Char's title suddenly matters a great deal. In the eyes of the law, all rights to daughter Allie belong to Lindy, Allie's self-absorbed biological mother, who wants to girl to move to her home in California. While Allie begins to struggle in school and tensions mount between her and Char, Allie's connection to young Morgan, a ten-year-old-girl she tutors, seems to keep her grounded. But then Morgan, who was adopted out of foster care, suddenly disappears, and Char is left to wonder about a possible future without Allie and what to do about Morgan, a child caught up in a terrible crack in the system"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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There is a also side story about an adopted girl named Morgan who has become very important to Allie. Morgan's story introduces issues and problem that develop with families and their adopted children.
Even though the plot threads were about topics that were very emotional and extreme, the reality is that these types of situations occur. And finally, the book offers up this question to be answered...how do we define a family? ( )