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Tell the Wolves I'm Home is a quiet little book with a message that should be shouting to be heard. Hidden behind a story of a big issue (AIDS) is a story about the complicated relationships between uncles and nieces, sisters and brothers, sisters and sisters, and children and parents. Add into the mix an unknown entity and memories and pain and you get a story that has a heartbeat that is impossible to ignore.
In Tell the Wolves I'm Home, we're told a story from the perspective of young, 14 year ...more
In Tell the Wolves I'm Home, we're told a story from the perspective of young, 14 year ...more
I'm not quite sure to say about this one other than that I loved it as a story but the deeper meaning of it all will have to steep for awhile so I can really appreciate it.
Second read 3/2020: I forgot reading this. Then I remembered parts. But I wanted to remember since I was reading for book club discussion. This is a really complex story, one I'm pretty surprised I enjoyed before. June, Finn, Toby are such wonderful characters, and I'm confident there are layers to this book that I'm just not ...more
Second read 3/2020: I forgot reading this. Then I remembered parts. But I wanted to remember since I was reading for book club discussion. This is a really complex story, one I'm pretty surprised I enjoyed before. June, Finn, Toby are such wonderful characters, and I'm confident there are layers to this book that I'm just not ...more
I expected to like this more than I did. It was good, but I found myself skimming to get to the end. I thought the author did a good job of reminding me just how awful and ignorant we were about AIDS in the 80s, which made me really angry. I was touched by some of the relationships in the book and confused and annoyed with others. So it was kind of a mixed bag for me. 3.5 stars.
Oh my god, I desperately need to read something happy after this.
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This was a beautifully written book about love and loss, unlikely friendship, all the different ways we tend to hurt the people we love the most (both intentionally and unintentionally).
Jul 27, 2012
Cindy
marked it as to-read
Dec 28, 2012
Alison
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Feb 19, 2013
Kate McCartney
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Sep 30, 2013
Hannah
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Feb 23, 2014
Jennifer Medeiros
marked it as to-read
Jun 11, 2015
Lisa
marked it as maybe-someday
Feb 28, 2017
yana
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Nov 13, 2017
Dina
marked it as to-read
Apr 25, 2020
Jessica McLaren
marked it as to-read
