7/6/2023 0 Comments Being fishkill by ruth lehrerBut at the same time, it doesn’t dwell on depressive thoughts, because Fishkill knows she has to move forward. It keeps it real it says it like it is it doesn’t hold the bad back. What I like about this book is that it doesn’t sugarcoat anything. Poet Ruth Lehrer’s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains “family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill’s unstable mother - and by unfathomable tragedy. But Fishkill’s fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck’s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Family Relationships, Contemporary, LGBTīorn in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love.
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