So I decided to read this book my sister loaned me, and I was pleasantly surprised. I had decided to take a break from romance novels of late because I felt like all of the stories were alike. Yet Ms. Reay approached this story in a way that I have never read. Written from first person point of view, the character, Sam Moore, is a foster grad student who is given a scholarship to go to graduate school for journalism. However, a condition for the scholarship is that she must write letters to the foundation president who granted the scholarship and update him on her schooIing. Almost the whole book is written in letter format. This story shows how raw pain can affect one's life and how we all have walls, though in different thicknesses, around our hearts that have to come down in order for us to really love one another.
Sam Moore is challenged to really notice people, to become involved in others lives.
This made me think. How do I give of my life to others. Do I have the courage to show my real self behind my walls when I didn't have the terrible childhood that these had. What excuses or fears to I hide behind?
Finally, I also appreciate how Ms. Reay expsoses the different struggles that foster kids go through, their fears, their needs. How if feels to go from home to home, wondering if this is the place where you'll finally find a home. Since I do not know what this is like, I found the insight eye opening.
All in all I give this book four stars.
Until next time,
Lucie Inspired
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