THE LAW OF LOVING OTHERS
SUMMARY
Hours after Emma returns home from boarding school, she realizes that her mom is suffering from a schizophrenic break. Suddenly, Emma’s entire childhood and identity is called into question.
COULD NOT BE DISCOVERED BY REASON,
Desperate for answers, Emma turns to her boyfriend, Daniel. Will he love her even if she goes crazy too? But it’s the lonely, brooding boy Emma meets while visiting her mother at the hospital who really understands Emma. Phil encourages Emma’s reckless need for hurt and pain in the face of all this change and she is soon caught in a complicated spiral of loss and mistrust.
BECAUSE IT IS UNREASONABLE.”
In the span of just one winter break, Emma’s relationships alter forever and she is forced to see the wisdom in a line from Anna Karenina: “The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.”
REVIEW
With all of the fluff filled teen lit
out in the world it is refreshing to find a book that realistically addresses
the issues of mental illness in the family.
The Law of Loving Others shows a teens
perspective to discovering mental illness in the family. It is a sympathetic
and authentic look at the challenges of dealing with the stigma and fears of
mental illness in a realistic light. And yet The Law of Loving Others and its
author Kate Axelrod also manages to create likable and relatable characters and
an intriguing teen love story that will be sure to keep readers glued to the
very last page.
All in all,
I thoroughly enjoyed The Law of Loving Others. The characters were relatable,
the story engrossing, and the writing heartfelt and engrossing. Overall, I
highly recommend.
INFO
Published: January 8, 2015
Price: $17.99
Link to Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Law-Loving-Others-Kate-Axelrod/dp/1595147896/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449203352&sr=8-1&keywords=the+law+of+loving+others
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