Letters in the Attic
by Bonnie Shimko
by Bonnie Shimko
LETTERS IN THE ATTIC by Bonnie Shimko
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 8/07
Publisher: Academy Chicago
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed reading LETTERS IN THE ATTIC, set in the early sixties.
Lizzy, the heroine, lives with her mom and dad in a Phoenix hotel. Her father comes in, a real sleezeball, and with his
new girlfriend in tow, proceeds to tell her mother that he is divorcing her. He even has the gall to ask Vonnie, her
mother, to apologize to his girlfriend because she isn't being nice.
Well, with no place to go home to, they head to upstate New York to Vonnie's parents' house. Lizzy meets her
grandparents for the first time. Her grandfather is great, but her grandmother is verbally abusive.
There, Lizzy learns a lot about her mother's past through letters that are in the attic. She examines her sexuality and helps
her mother to become the person that she is meant to be.
While reading this book I laughed, cried, and was hopeful for the characters. I really liked Lizzy and her family.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 8/07
Publisher: Academy Chicago
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed reading LETTERS IN THE ATTIC, set in the early sixties.
Lizzy, the heroine, lives with her mom and dad in a Phoenix hotel. Her father comes in, a real sleezeball, and with his
new girlfriend in tow, proceeds to tell her mother that he is divorcing her. He even has the gall to ask Vonnie, her
mother, to apologize to his girlfriend because she isn't being nice.
Well, with no place to go home to, they head to upstate New York to Vonnie's parents' house. Lizzy meets her
grandparents for the first time. Her grandfather is great, but her grandmother is verbally abusive.
There, Lizzy learns a lot about her mother's past through letters that are in the attic. She examines her sexuality and helps
her mother to become the person that she is meant to be.
While reading this book I laughed, cried, and was hopeful for the characters. I really liked Lizzy and her family.