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A review by creativepoet
Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
4.0
I read a lot of LGBT queer books this past month but I haven't found one yet that tops the list than this book. I am not from the catholic community so some references went over my head. I can, however, understand when religion is the forefront of your day to day life. The pure anguish Hannah goes through because she thinks she "isnt normal" according to her community, her religion, her parents, friends is soo gut wrenching. The whole story is about acceptance for who you are just the way you are. At the end of the day, are you honest with yourself? your friends? your family? your faith, belief, your God? How do you navigate the journey when you are dealing with acceptance of yourself and acceptance from the person you long to be with? Each of these questions are beautifully explored in this book.
One of my most favorite characters is Ms.Carpenter. She has some of the lovely quotes in the book.
"We have to take ownership for our words. Words are powerful. They can be devastating. If your words carry hate--if they shame others, if they make them doubt that they are loved--Hannah, you don't want to own words like that."
"And sometimes, when a party makes you feel especially liberated, you'll start acting from your deepest nature. The part of you thats still an invincible little kid - that does whatever you want to do, that takes the world as if its all yours. Its a return to your most basic nature, before you knew the rules. So you find yourself acting with either earliest innocence or earliest evil. And sometimes its hard. to tell them apart from each other. And that is what scares adults".
One reason I love YA content is the journey of self discovery. The idiotic mistakes characters make which they rightfully think is the best decision they ever made. It makes it so human, no character is ever perfect. The fact that they can make these mistakes, learn from them, discover themselves and have a whole life ahead of them makes it a fulfilling read for me. The second time read was still oh so satisfying!
One of my most favorite characters is Ms.Carpenter. She has some of the lovely quotes in the book.
"We have to take ownership for our words. Words are powerful. They can be devastating. If your words carry hate--if they shame others, if they make them doubt that they are loved--Hannah, you don't want to own words like that."
"And sometimes, when a party makes you feel especially liberated, you'll start acting from your deepest nature. The part of you thats still an invincible little kid - that does whatever you want to do, that takes the world as if its all yours. Its a return to your most basic nature, before you knew the rules. So you find yourself acting with either earliest innocence or earliest evil. And sometimes its hard. to tell them apart from each other. And that is what scares adults".
One reason I love YA content is the journey of self discovery. The idiotic mistakes characters make which they rightfully think is the best decision they ever made. It makes it so human, no character is ever perfect. The fact that they can make these mistakes, learn from them, discover themselves and have a whole life ahead of them makes it a fulfilling read for me. The second time read was still oh so satisfying!