"The Gap Year" is a delight. It's so rare to find a book that gets both sides of a story right--a mother and her teenage daughter in an eventful year. It's funny, and sad, and most of all very true. You may think you know where the story is going, but you don't. If you don't know Sarah Bird's books, this is Reviews: The Gap Year is a novel about a single mom and her seventeen-year-old daughter learning how to let go in that precarious moment before college empties the nest. Told from both points of view, we meet Cam Lightsey, lactation consultant and divorcée, still quietly carrying a torch for the ex who dumped her years ago, a suburban misfit who’s given up her rebel dreams so her only child can get a good www.doorway.rued on: J. From the widely praised author of The Yokota Officers Club and The Flamenco Academy, a novel as hilarious as it is heartbreaking about a single mom and her seventeen-year-old daughter learning how to let go in that precarious moment before college empties the nest.
The Gap Year. by Sarah Bird. 1. How does Bird use humor to convey character? What about the characters who aren't particularly funny? 2. On page 14, Cam observes a group of mothers with their young children, "They wanted what we all want: reassurance that they had made the right choices.". THE GAP YEAR. by Sarah Bird BOOK REVIEW. HOW PERFECT IS THAT. by Sarah Bird bookshelf Miller makes Homer pertinent to women facing 21st-century monsters. Our Verdict. GET IT. Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of New York Times Bestseller. bookshelf 36; CIRCE. by. Sarah Bird is the author of ten novels, including The Gap Year, Above the East China Sea, and The Yokota Officers Club. Bird has been selected for the Meryl Streep Screenwriting Lab, the Barnes Noble Discover Great Writers program, NPR's Moth Radio series, the Dobie Paisano Fellowship, the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and the Texas Institute.
Sarah Bird novel ‘The Gap Year’ Hits a Nerve With Empty Nesters Books Sarah Bird found out the hard way that writing a novel about empty nesters and their kids made her an expert. Sarah Bird, Author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen. The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Starred Review “ this fearless, often heartbreaking account sheds a welcome light on an extraordinary American warrior.”. Publishers Weekly. Book Summary. From the widely praised author of The Yokota Officers Club and The Flamenco Academy, a novel as hilarious as it is heartbreaking about a single mom and her seventeen-year-old daughter learning how to let go in that precarious moment before college empties the nest. In The Gap Year, told with perfect pitch from both points of view.
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