by Sonya Sones
Sonya Sones grew to be one of my (recent) favorite authors after I read What My Mother Doesn’t Know, and soon after, What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know. I went out and bought all her books after I read those two. But what I didn’t expect is that Stop Pretending, Sones’ first book, is an even better boo...
I was fourteen years old when I found this book hiding on the shelves of my small-town library. My mother had had a psychotic break when I was six weeks old, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized. For as long as I could remember, I had been tiptoeing around the gaping hole in my lif...
This book is idealistic for a young age group who is looking to cope with a sudden change in the family dynamics. Many people tend to forget the ones who are touched by tragedy, and siblings are often overlooked when tragedy or illness strikes the family. The story seemed a bit rushed, but overall,...
I've loved everything I've ever read by Sonya Sones, but I really do think that this, her first book, is her best. It's semi-autobiographic, and it shows in the emotional intensity and honesty of the poems. It's a beautiful work, so much so that I don't really feel like there's anything I can say ab...
It was good, but it felt a little too short. There wasn't much plot/character development, and the end was really abrupt. But I liked the way it was written.
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