Heather T. Smith
Autor(a) de The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
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Obras de Heather T. Smith
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1968
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Canada
- Local de nascimento
- Newfoundland, Canada
- Locais de residência
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Resenhas
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden de Heather Smith
Exceptionally beautiful illustrations. Wonderful use of perspective.
Quick and somewhat brutal read, but good crying as well. Intriguing story with interesting cast of characters that looks at abuse and trauma. There are also funny and uplifting moments and I read as fast as I could. Its good, but heads up for sexual assault and suicide talk, and for racist violence. Also a bit fat phobic which was not appreciated.
teen fiction - Poppy, a 40s-enthusiast, former roller derby athlete, and healthy girl of size deals with cyber trolls and the meanness of the world in general; her gay twin brother deals with sexual assault. She makes a 6-year-old friend Miracle, a precocious darling dancer whose mother is a recovering drug addict who now earns her living as a prostitute; Miracle spends a lot of her time visiting her homeless friends. One of Poppy's love interests is a trans male (he is patient enough to educate her about multiple things--she means well but is pretty ignorant and says some thoughtless things). Setting is suburban/urban Canada.… (mais)
teen/adult fiction (chosen families, young adults escaping difficult family situations with various potential trauma triggers, 1980s Newfoundland). I read this straight through and really loved spending time with these unconventional characters (diversity note: one of them is an Innu native and one of them is a gay drag queen); I definitely needed tissues when I got to the middle/end.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Membros
- 311
- Popularidade
- #75,820
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Resenhas
- 45
- ISBNs
- 48
- Idiomas
- 1
