The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel by Michele Young-Stone
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Okay, so I loved this book. It was not what I expected, at all, but I still loved it.
The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors is the story of two very different but but similar people (confusing, no?). Becca, a young girl who is struck by lightning and Buckley, a young boy who experiences the horrifying reality of lightning strikes as well.
Both families these children grow up in are disjointed and horrible. I was depressed throughout the book because no one could ever seem to catch a break. But despite the depressing realities the book laid out, I never stopped to consider that there wasn’t hope for both of these children.
Each chapter begins with an excerpt from the fictional “Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors”. It isn’t until half-way through the book that you realize who wrote it (although I had my suspicions, it’s not hard to figure it out). The facts laid out are amusing and interesting. The author, Michele Young-Stone was actually a victim of a lightning strike herself.
Interesting book full of some quirky moments, some sad moments and some heart-warming moments. It’s always inspiring to read that in spite of the most dismal of circumstances, there are people out there who can love, who can care about and for their families and who can persevere whether being a victim of a lightning strike (uncommon) or a victim of a broken home (much more common).
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