Cath expected to have Wren, but Wren is less and less interested in doing anything she used to do, including hanging out with Cath, and while their separation is excruciating for Cath, Wren appears not to be bothered at all.Ĭath's roommate Reagan and Reagan's ex-boyfriend, Levi, are near-constant fixtures in Cath's room and she learns to adjust to new people, and her world, especially because Reagan, who is an upperclassman who wanted her own room but ended up with Cath, notices that Cath needs help and forces her into the dining hall, into a routine, into meeting a few people. I remember that terror of not knowing what to do, or where to go, and knowing I had to figure out every step of every part of my routine out by myself. She doesn't know where it is, or how to go through it, or what the rules are, and the anxiety of being in the way and not knowing what to do or where to go keeps Cath hungry and subsisting on what she's got under the bed for a long while.Ĭather's anxiety and fears were almost three dimensional in this book. In the beginning of the book, she has jars of peanut butter and protein bars under her bed because going to the school dining hall is terrifying. She doesn't want to start a new routine, live in a new place with someone she doesn't know, and start a new daily life without any of the constants in her world.Ĭath has some serious anxiety, and she knows it. The girls' mother abandoned them in 3rd grade, and Cather hasn't seen her since. She doesn't want to leave their dad, who is mentally ill and alone now that his daughters are heading to college. Her identical twin, Wren, has announced that she doesn't want to room with Cather at the university they're attending in Nebraska, and has found a new roomie/bff in Courtney. I'm skipping the cogitation and attempting NOT to squee all over the place.Ĭather (that's her whole name, for reasons that are painfully revealed later in the story) Avery is a college freshman. Because this book is on sale right now, I don't want you to miss the opportunity to read it because oh my gosh it's amazing. So please forgive the somewhat abrupt tone of this review. Usually when I write a review, I write an outline, let it sit, and then go back after I've cogitated for a few days. Longer review! With caveat: I finished this last night. It's so much empathy and understanding and emotion layered into narrative form I can't even tell you.
Publication Info: Macmillan September 2013
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