I’m now reading second recommendations from RAs. Breathing Underwater, by Alex Flinn is a young adult book aimed at educating on how
domestic violence is fostered. Sixteen
year-old, Nick Andreas, falls prey to anger, generated from his father’s abuse
over the years. The book begins at the
trial where Nick is found guilty for hitting former girlfriend, Caitlin. He is sanctioned to a weekly six-month course
where he is asked to track his emotions through his life. The reader learns of Nick’s history of abuse
as he tells the story of falling in love with Caitlin and letting fear, jealousy,
and loss of control to take over. Nick’s
physical assault of Caitlin is public and he gets ridiculed henceforth at
school. It is an important story to be
told, though the author does have a Jodi Piccoult “esque” approach in throwing
suicide, abuse, and murder all within a pretty compact tale. This really isn’t a read I would necessarily
suggest to older adults as the story “fits nicely” with a heartwarming ends of
sorts. Not sure that it follows reality
in some cases. This is definitely an
after school special type of made for TV script...
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