“Pay attention. This is how people end up with pain and illnesses. They go through difficult things, and then they dont find a place to put those feelings. So their bodies take it all for them.”
Summary - Structured as a series of one-sided phone calls from our spunky, sarcastic narrator, Luciana, to her older sister, Mari. As the baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana is usually relegated to the sidelines. But now she finds herself as the only voice of reason in the face of an unexpected crisis: A hurricane is heading straight for Miami, and her eccentric grandmother, Abue, is refusing to evacuate. Abue is so one-of-a-kind shes basically in her own universe, and while she often drives Luciana nuts, theyre the only ones who truly understand each other. So when Abue, normally glamorous and full of life, receives a shocking medical diagnosis during the storm, Lucianas world is upended.
I will be honest, this structure and style took me a bit to get into – and I had even set the physical copy down and waited until I got the audio from Libby. Once I settled into the style and got over how many times the narrator says ‘dude’, I was all in. This book has heart, growth, humor, and sadness.
If you are looking for a great audiobook that delivers in a unique way, this may be the book for you.
Thank you @net for this free copy in exchange for my honest review.
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