If you have been reading my book reviews for awhile, you will know that I don’t give our 5 stars often. I’m a pretty harsh critic and hold books to a very high level in my head. I knew within probably the first 30 pages of this book that it would be 5 stars from me. Usually for a book to receive 5 stars from me, it has to make me cry or inflect such strong emotion that I am taken away from reality. This book did not make me cry nor did I have such strong emotional ties to it. However, this book may quite possibly be one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a long time. It’s the perfect Young Adult, coming of age story that fits great in this time of year as the premise revolves around the seasons at school and it starts in summer. If you are over the age of 13, I would recommend this book for you.
“You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserve itself, and the bigger you let your life and perspective and heart get, the less air you give fear to survive”.
In the Wild Light
Growing up in the small Appalachian town of Sawyer, Tennessee, life has not always been easy for Cash Pruitt. Losing his mother from opioid addiction a few years ago, and his grandfather who raised him is dying from emphysema, he’s finding that his life is all about survival in this small town. When his best friend, and town genius, is granted a full scholarship from this prestigious academy in Connecticut, she makes the executive decision to only attend if he follows her. Changing his life completely from what he knows back in Sawyer. A story of grief, first loves, discovery and growth.
“Life often won’t freely give you moments of joy. Sometimes you have to wrench them away and cup them in your hands, to protect them from the wind and rain. Art is a pair of cupped hands. Poetry is a pair of cupped hands”.
In the Wild Light
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