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Natasha Friend is a Judy Blume for today -- clearly evident in this remarkable new novel about a girl whose father is an alcoholic and how she and her family learn to deal with his condition.
It's hard to be a 13-year-old girl. But it's even harder when your father's a drunk. It adds an extra layer to everything -- your family's reactions to things, the people you're willing to bring home, the way you see yourself and the world. For Samantha, it's something that's been going on for so long that she's almost used to it. Only, you never get used to it. Especially when it starts to get worse...
- Sales Rank: #936319 in Books
- Published on: 2007-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .41" h x 5.34" w x 7.98" l, .39 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up–To the outside world, 13-year-old Samantha's family seems perfectly happy. However, they are struggling to keep her architect father's alcoholism a secret, and the balancing act of enabling his addiction and protecting their image is becoming more and more difficult. Sam longs to be able to share her burden with a friend and reaches out by leaving an anonymous autobiographical letter in a library book. Her anger and frustration are palpable as she struggles with her love for her dad despite the fact that his promises to clean up never materialize. When Sam is chastised by her mother and grandmother for not believing in his ability to change, readers will sympathize with the injustice of her difficult situation. Yet, the author avoids a maudlin tone by infusing the plot with details of typical teen life, such as Sam's crush on an older boy and embarrassment at her developing body. Witty dialogue and smooth writing move the novel along at a clipped pace, and tension is successfully built and maintained as the teen's father's illness takes a dangerous turn, her budding relationship comes to a head, and her anonymous library pen pal is revealed. Despite the minor appearance of a stereotypical librarian, this is a perceptive novel featuring a likable protagonist to whom readers will easily relate. As in Perfect (Milkweed, 2004), Friend adroitly portrays a weighty topic with touches of humor and grace.–Rebecca M. Jones, Fort Myers-Lee County Library, FL
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From Booklist
Thirteen-year-old Samantha's father is an alcoholic. When he is sober, he is a great guy, but when he is drunk, he is scary and abusive. With her mother in denial and a four-year-old brother to protect, Sam writes a note asking for advice and leaves it in the library, hoping an older girl she admires will write back to her. So begins a correspondence in which Sam opens up about her father's alcoholism as well as her crush on an older boy. In return, the letter writer, who goes only by initials, reveals some hard truths. As she did in Perfect (2005), Friend adeptly takes a teen problem and turns it into a believable, sensitive, character-driven story, with realistic dialogue. The cautiously optimistic ending works because Friend has convinced readers that Sam can handle whatever happens. Friend, who clearly understands and empathizes with young teens, is a writer to watch. Debbie Carton
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Review
Kirkus
After years of pretending she has a “normal” family, a worried teen finally confronts her father's
alcoholism. Thirteen-year-old Samantha knows her father has a drinking problem, but her parents
seem oblivious. Sam's father makes empty promises to stop drinking while her mother immerses
herself in yoga classes, defending her husband as a “good man.” Although Sam carefully camouflages the situation by inviting friends over only when her father's away, his binges are getting worse and she's afraid he will lose control. Desperate to confide in someone other than her friends, Sam leaves notes in the library asking for advice from an older girl she doesn't really know. When her drunken father injures her little brother and the family's future is jeopardized, Sam must deal with anger and uncertainty as she makes some surprising discoveries about her family, her friends and herself. Sam comes across as a savvy as well as naïve teen who tells her own story with humor, honesty and hope. Realistic family drama. (Fiction. 12-15)
SLJ
To the outside world, 13-year-old Samantha's family seems perfectly happy. However, they are struggling to keep her architect father's alcoholism a secret, and the balancing act of enabling his addiction and protecting their image is becoming more and more difficult. Sam longs to be able to share her burden with a friend and reaches out by leaving an anonymous autobiographical letter in a library book. Her anger and frustration are palpable as she struggles with her love for her dad despite the fact that his promises to clean up never materialize. When Sam is chastised by her mother and grandmother for not believing in his ability to change, readers will sympathize with the injustice of her difficult situation. Yet, the author avoids a maudlin tone by infusing the plot with details of typical teen life, such as Sam's crush on an older boy and embarrassment at her developing body. Witty dialogue and smooth writing move the novel along at a clipped pace, and tension is successfully built and maintained as the teen's father's illness takes a dangerous turn, her budding relationship comes to a head, and her anonymous library pen pal is revealed. Despite the minor appearance of a stereotypical librarian, this is a perceptive novel featuring a likable protagonist to whom readers will easily relate. As in Perfect (Milkweed, 2004), Friend adroitly portrays a weighty topic with touches of humor and grace.–Rebecca M. Jones, Fort Myers-Lee County Library, FL
Booklist
Thirteen-year-old Samantha's father is an alcoholic–when he's sober, he's a great guy, but when he's drunk, he's scary and abusive. With her mother in denial and a 4-year-old brother to protect, Sam writes a note asking for advice and leaves it in the library, hoping an older girl she admires will write back to her. So begins a correspondence in which Sam opens up about her father's alcoholism, as well as her crush on an older boy. In turn, the letter writer, who goes only by initials, reveals some hard truths. As she did so well in Perfect (2005), Friend takes a teen problem and turns it into a believable, sensitive, character-driven story, with realistic dialogue. The cautiously optimistic ending works, because Friend has convinced readers that Sam can handle whatever happens. Friend, who clearly understands and empathizes with young teens, is a writer to watch. –Debbie Carton
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Lush
By P. Tintori
I bought this book for a student and she loved it. Now more students are borrowing this book from me everyday. I love when students read,
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Predictable but amazing
By A Customer
Samantha Gwynn has a very big secret in the book "Lush" by Natasha Friend. Her dad is an alcoholic and if that isn't enough, she has to deal with 8th grade boys at school and drama between friends. Sam's mom feels practicing yoga will heal their family's problems. As you can probably assume, that doesn't go accordingly. Sam's mom is out every night searching for her dad at random bars or clubs. The whole family never knows what to expect when he comes home except to be ready. After a wild night out, Sam's dad swears his problem is over and he will never drink again, so he says. For maybe a split second, Sam believes him. Of course, his problem only got worse. He was becoming a better liar and finding more places to hide his stash. Eventually, her family checks him into a rehab center after brutally attacking Sam's little brother Luke. While not wanting her friends to know about her family's issues, she finds a random stranger in the library and writes her a letter, in hopes, that she will write back with advice. Although at the end of the story, Sam finds out who the pen pal actually was and boy was she shocked! Samantha was a brave girl who just wanted to be normal. If I was in her position I couldn't possibly imagine what I would do. At the end of the book, I feel that Sam really learns more about herself than anyone else. Although I loved this book and the lessons I learned from it, the book was very predictable. I had a feeling that the father was going to get help and be treated and that somehow the person she was writing to really wasn't who she thought it was. I would definitely recommend this book to kids my age or kids who maybe feel their families might have similar issues to Sam's family.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Truth Be Told
By Little Willow
"Hi. You may think it's nuts to write to a total stranger in the library but if you're the kind of person I think you are, you'll read this, anyway."
So begins the note Sam leaves in the study room, hoping she'll soon get a response from someone she has yet to meet.
Sam's father is an alcoholic, but he never says that word. Neither does any other member of his household. Not his quiet and patient wife, Ellen. Not his energetic and silly four-year-old son, Luke. Not his thirteen-year-old daughter, Samantha - but she's thinking it. Lately, she can't stop thinking about it. Sam is torn between worrying about her father and hating what he is doing to himself and to his family. She wishes she could confide in someone about everything. Though Sam has a nice group of longtime best friends, she has never told them about her dad's drinking problem. She doesn't want to ruin their comfortable discussions about school, boys, and life in general - or their perceptions of her family.
Then she gets an idea: write a note and leave it in the library (one of her favorite places) where a cool-looking high school girl is sitting. In the note, Sam asks the recipient to leave a response note between pages 32 and 33 of The History of Modern Whaling, a book that hasn't been checked out in 13 years - that is, if she's interested. She hopes the girl will read it and respond with all sorts of good advice.
Someone does respond, but not exactly as Sam expected - not even who she expected. The rather blunt return message is signed by A.J.K. Though Sam has no idea who that is, something makes her write back again. They become an interesting pair of pen pals, communicating only through notes slipped into the whaling book when no one is looking.
"I am not all right. I am all wrong, and I need to talk to someone, even if that someone is a person who doesn't exist except between pages 32 and 33 of a book that hasn't been checked out in thirteen years."
Lush, written in first-person from Sam's POV, is a straightforward, forward-moving story peppered here and there with notes to and from A.J.K. Sam also delights in regular sleepovers at one of her best friends' houses and joyful moments at home with her little brother. She takes side steps to avoid her former friend Charlie and struggles through gym class, where her teacher always calls her the wrong name. Then her father does something unexpected, further damaging his family and leading Sam to act out at a rather unfortunate party.
Natasha Friend (Perfect) has once again created a realistic story with characters that are sympathetic but not stereotypical, led by a young lady unaware of her own strength. Friend's novel are pitch-perfect for middle school. Sam's search for a surrogate big sister leads her not only to a new friend, but also back to herself. By the time she discovers A.J.K.'s identity, she's also learned plenty about herself, her family, and her friends, both former and current, past and present. Recommended, especially for fans of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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