Under Rose-Tainted Skies
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did.Norah can’t leave the house, but can she let...
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Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did.Norah can’t leave the house, but can she let someone in? As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a n
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780544736511 (0544736516)
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
When I first started this book, it reminded me of Everything, Everything. Except in this story, it is not the Mother keeping the daughter inside the house; its 17-year-old Norah, whose crippling anxiety has made it impossible for her to leave. There is a lot to come to grips with in this book. Nor...
Fear and anxiety are a normal part of our life. Normal anxiety keeps us alert in different situations but for Nora, it makes her life a living hell. Nora is housebound with agoraphobia plus panic disorder. She self-harms when she cannot overcome overwhelming situations. She also has OCD. She develop...
OMFG!!! YESS!!! I'll write something up when I'm more coherent.//// I read this as soon as I was approved on Netgalley months ago, fell in love, squealed over it, and got buried in other stuffs. *sigh* The lack of spoons is killin’ me. I first heard about this book through Twitter. I quickly follow...
Under Rose-Tainted Skies - Louise Gornall UNDER ROSE-TAINTED SKIES is the debut novel by author Louise Gornall, and it was one of the better YA books I've read this year. All of the characters in the book in flawed but it's in the flaws where their strength lies. It's also in their flaws that the...
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.I thought that this book was very well done. It wasn't a feel good novel and it could be almost hard to read at times. It really felt like an honest book and that is what I really liked about it. It can be really hard to imagine the reality of...