Life as it Comes
by Anne-Laure Bondoux
by Anne-Laure Bondoux
LIFE AS IT COMES by Anne-Laure Bondoux
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 2/13/07
Publisher: Delacorte
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
Rating: 5 Stars
Mado and Patty are sisters. Now that their parents are gone, killed in a car crash on their way to the family's vacation
home, they're the only family they've got. Still, though, they're very different people. LIFE AS IT COMES is about their
life together after the accident.
Patty is her younger sister's legal guardian, and they're doing the best they can together. However, life is further
complicated when Patty reveals that she is several months pregnant. If the social workers find out, they might put Mado
into foster care, not expecting a twenty-year-old to be able to care for a baby and a teenager. But what can they do?
LIFE AS IT COMES is a lovely, sad, hopeful novel about life, loss, love, family, and growing up. The translation from the
French is, as far as I can tell, done quite excellently; the writing style flows wonderfully and is completely absorbing. The
very well-done relationships of the fully fleshed-out and interesting characters give the story remarkable depth.
This is one that will stay with readers long after the final page.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 2/13/07
Publisher: Delacorte
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
Rating: 5 Stars
Mado and Patty are sisters. Now that their parents are gone, killed in a car crash on their way to the family's vacation
home, they're the only family they've got. Still, though, they're very different people. LIFE AS IT COMES is about their
life together after the accident.
Patty is her younger sister's legal guardian, and they're doing the best they can together. However, life is further
complicated when Patty reveals that she is several months pregnant. If the social workers find out, they might put Mado
into foster care, not expecting a twenty-year-old to be able to care for a baby and a teenager. But what can they do?
LIFE AS IT COMES is a lovely, sad, hopeful novel about life, loss, love, family, and growing up. The translation from the
French is, as far as I can tell, done quite excellently; the writing style flows wonderfully and is completely absorbing. The
very well-done relationships of the fully fleshed-out and interesting characters give the story remarkable depth.
This is one that will stay with readers long after the final page.
