58, NG 27, F28, E55 / WG31, NA8, M30, D3, B6, C1

Sarah Dessen, The Truth about Forever

Ich sehe schon, das ist wieder eine Autorin, deren Bücher ich mehr einatme als lese, besonders gegen Ende hin wenn die Krise sich zuspitzt, aber hier wie auch bei 'Saint Anything' saugten mich die ersten Kapitel schon in das Buch hinein. Dabei sollte ich mich garnicht so angesprochen fühlen, aber ich schätze, die Kunst, genre- und altersübergreifend Leser anzusprechen macht eben eine wirklich gute Autorin aus.
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"Explain," he said, and I sighed.
"I don't know if I can," I told him. I glanced back at the dining room, looking for Kristy, a distraction, but she and Monica and Bert were gone, the table now deserted. "When my dad died, it was like everything felt really shaky, you know? And trying to be the best I could be, it gave me something to focus on. If I could just do everything right, then I was safe."
I couldn't believe I was saying this, not here, at a party packed with classmates and strangers. In fact, I couldn't imagine saying it anywhere, really, except in my own head, where it somehow made sense.

(Sarah Dessen, The Truth about Forever, 2004)