A review by kleedc73
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner

4.0

I love Jennifer Weiner's books. They resonate with a genuineness that I find pretty rare. Some of them have felt like the author got inside my head and the characters were speaking my thoughts and living my life. This was not one of those books but I still enjoyed living and breathing characters that felt very real to me. The subject matter could have been trite and titillating, much like the television coverage of similar situations, including some of the ones mentioned in this book. Instead, the book gets behind the "newsworthy" aspect of the story and reveals its sad, ugly underbelly in a way that removes the sensationalism and makes it about real people. Jennifer Weiner always tackles painful, difficult material but in a way that doesn't lack for humor and irony. Her books aren't sappy but are still filled with emotion in a way that makes it tremendously satisfying to read them. As long as she keeps writing, I will keep coming back for more.