The Whole Stupid Way We Are
What happens when everything you’ve got to give isn’t enough to save someone you love?It’s Maine. It’s winter. And it’s FREEZING STINKIN’ COLD! Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won’t wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It’s twelve degrees out, and he won’t wear a coat. So...
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What happens when everything you’ve got to give isn’t enough to save someone you love?It’s Maine. It’s winter. And it’s FREEZING STINKIN’ COLD! Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won’t wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It’s twelve degrees out, and he won’t wear a coat. So Dinah’s going to figure out how to help. That’s what Dinah does—she helps. But she’s too busy trying to help to notice that sometimes, she’s doing more harm than good. Seeing the trees instead of the forest? That’s Dinah. And Skint isn’t going to be the one to tell her. He’s a helper guy too. He’s worried about a little boy whose dad won’t let him visit his mom. He’s worried about an elderly couple in a too-cold house down the street. But the wedge between what drives Dinah and what concerns Skint is wide enough for a big old slab of ice. Because Skint’s own father is in trouble. Because Skint’s mother refuses to ask for help even though she’s at her breaking point. And because Dinah might just decide to…help. She thinks she’s cracking through a sheet of ice, but what’s actually there is an entire iceberg.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781442431553 (1442431555)
Publish date: February 5th 2013
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Drama,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Social Issues,
Young Adult Contemporary
The writing style was hard for me to get used to at first, but I don't dislike it. This book is wonderfully written and I loved Dinah and Skint. I live how they were so different, yet I found myself relating to both of them.The ending, though. There were a couple things that went unanswered and I re...
Ohhh,I'm loving the sound of this book.
Cross-posted on ReaderlingThis is the kind of book that gets me right between the ribs like a blade, but softer, like I've been running and my own body cuts itself as my breath heaves. Trying to talk about this book is a blinding overshare in the offing, my desire to remember myself as I was in a se...
This made me think of everything. Every single sweet and sad thing that ever happened. Still, it stayed its own, and I loved these kids like crazy. So stupid. This stupid book made me cry from the Donkey Waltz all the way till the end. But, it wasn’t a mean book that was setting out just to mak...
12/12 Bumping this up a star- it's stayed with me, whole, all the time since I read it. I think about Skint a lot. No, really. A lot. 8/12 Disclaimer first: I am friends with the author of this remarkable book, though I flatter myself that I'm reasonably objective nonetheless.Wow, this book packs an...