Review: A charming lovely story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
When was the last time you’ve been enticed with a book from the very beginning? Not because of all the action or suspense, but because of the sheer charm of the writing, the musicality, the nostalgia.Mrs. Veen has created a gem here. Here first novel takes many the painful events of being an adolescent and wraps them in humor. At times when I was reading, I felt instantly returned to those years in my own life. Not many authors can pull that off, but she does beautifully. Showing wisdom of the protagonist journey when it reaches the end:“And then it came to me – a thought so clear that I was surprised I hadn’t realized it before: freedom is not some place outside you, hidden at the end of the winding road where magical things happen and where people all of a sudden become wise and fulfilled. You don’t have to travel three thousand miles to find it. It has nothing to do with walls or restrictions. Freedom lies inside you. Like some delicate fruit that waits for you to pick it. You have to open yourself to the world and nurture it until it’s ripe. It can take a long time because it’s a rare and fragile fruit. But if you don’t open your eyes and your soul really, really wide like that child who sees snow for the first time in their life, it will never get ripe.”Simply brilliant...