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Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever.… (más)
I just adore Abbi Waxman. That's all I can say.. I don't have kids, can't even imagine how complicated it must be as a single mom with a teenage girl getting ready to leave for college nowadays. Can't even relate to any of it, as far as my own life.
So why am I reading stuff about lives so different from mine?? Because she is hilarious, wise, fascinating, and she just grabs the reader and never lets go. LOVE her characters, love her use of POV (which I am usually not a fan of switching around), and the slow unfold of what is really going on.
Thank you, Abbi Waxman, for another nearly sleepless night, gobbling down your delicious conclusion.
Mom and daughter relationships are never simple, especially during the teenage years. This was a nice story about a mom and daughter on a college tour that includes a wide range of issues that moms and daughters encounter. ( )
I adore adore adore Abbi Waxman, but I don't think she should try and write a YA novel because Emily's side of things felt quite forced. Otherwise, this was witty and brillianty plotted and heartwarming. ( )
I laughed out loud while reading [b:Other People's Houses|56514908|Other People's Houses|Abbi Waxman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1609590405l/56514908._SY75_.jpg|57190071] so I was eager to read everything she wrote. Abbi's a mother of three children and with the exception of this one, all her stories are of suburban, carpooling mothers with young children. With this book, the story is of a single hard working mother whose teen daughter Emily, will be graduating high school. Chapters toggle back and forth with the POV from both of them. With the premise established, they fly to the east coast for a group college tour. As typical, Emily is weary of school like most teens so she's anything but attentive. As luck would have it, one of the mothers is a trophy wife with an opinionated snarky daughter that at first tangles with Emily, only to. befriend her days later. The repetitive nature of chapters, coupled with lackluster humor was disappointing to say the least. Put simply, if the reader happens to be a mother with teens, it may be worthwhile, but I can't recommend it otherwise. Nice try Abbi, but this one just doesn't fly. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
---Martin Buber
Dedicatoria
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
This novel is dedicated to the memory of the wise, warm, and wonderful John Melissinos, and to his wife, Candice, and daughters, Chesney and Logan. I love you all very much and always will.
Primeras palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I left the house this morning, determined to take the day by the horns and throw it over my shoulder like a scarf, if necessary.
Citas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
That's the thing with data; if you pull any graph out far enough, the peaks and troughs flatten out. Live long enough and life averages out.
It's just as well parents get a decade of cute and cuddly children before they turn into teenagers, otherwise humans would have died out long ago.
Regret is one of those emotions that out punches reality: Even if you 100 percent could not have done things differently, it still pops up and takes a jab.
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Bernstein plans to go on to the nationals, which will take place in the fall.
Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever.
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So why am I reading stuff about lives so different from mine?? Because she is hilarious, wise, fascinating, and she just grabs the reader and never lets go. LOVE her characters, love her use of POV (which I am usually not a fan of switching around), and the slow unfold of what is really going on.
Thank you, Abbi Waxman, for another nearly sleepless night, gobbling down your delicious conclusion.
You are a master of "Show, don't tell." (