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Me and You
Me and You | Niccol Ammaniti
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EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY SOMETIMES . . . Lorenzo Cumi is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but in fact he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. For a week he plans to live in perfect isolation, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged halfsister, Olivia, changes everything. Me and Youis a breathtaking tale of alienation acceptance and wanting to be loved. Written in Ammanitis prizewinning prose, this is a compulsive account of how one unlikely alliance between two outsiders blows open one familys secrets.
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DebinHawaii
Me and You | Niccol Ammaniti
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2 books went back to the library--1 unfinished & 1 that I finished but still need to post a review for & 1 (Station Eleven) got renewed because I really want to read it. The bottom 2 books checked themselves out & came home with me. Oops!😬Then the sweet siren of the library store called to me w/50% off of everything this week & my favorite volunteer was working-so the top 3 books came home w/me for a total of .75 cents. Sucked in yet again...📚😱

RealLifeReading Good times! 😍 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Pretty sweet deal, though! 8y
AbstractMonica Awesome 😻 the Indian Vegetarian Cook book sounds spectacular ! 8y
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LeahBergen I really liked The Miniaturist. 8y
Cinfhen I'd say it was a very productive outing💖 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess Wow! Great price! 8y
SaraFair I am listening to the Miniaturist now! 1/2 way through. Station 11 up soon for me too. 8y
UnabridgedTomes Oh golly, Station Eleven is beyond perfect. 8y
Blaire Station eleven is so so good. 8y
rachaich I adored Station Eleven. Superb. 8y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Me and You | Niccol Ammaniti
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Lorenzo, 14, is a loner who has lied to his parents about going on a ski trip with friends - he doesn't actually have any. In reality, he is camping in the cellar, quite content. His almost never talked of half sister comes around, and in a search for lost belongings finds him in the cellar and blackmails him into letting her stay. She is a heroin addict, going through withdrawal. This book is raw and vulnerable. Translated from the Italian.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Me and You | Niccol Ammaniti
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Midnight snack 😇

I found this book during shelving time today and it demanded that I read it. I have a weakness for books that promise the revealing of family secrets. I'm already halfway - and it's pretty damn fine.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I used to say that I was going over to my friend's house but really I went & hid at Grandma Laura's. She lived on the top floor of an apartment building near ours... We spent our afternoons playing canasta. She would drink Bloody Marys and I would have tomato juice with pepper and salt. We had made a pact: she wouldn't tell about my not going out with my friends & I wouldn't tell about her drinking Bloody Marys.

julesG Sounds like you had a cool grandmother. 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, book grandmothers are usually pretty cool ❤️ 8y
julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Oh, crappers, that was a quote, not a blurb. (Mental note to self: do not check Litsy while the little one is having a temper tantrum about writing four lines of writing the letter "F".) 8y
julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Still, a grandma like that would have been great. 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG 😂 all good! I used to play Checkers with my grandmother ☺️ she never drank Bloody Marys tho. 8y
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