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speravi13
Big Rapids, MI

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    My Birthday...    July 13
    Hometown...    Big Rapids, MI
    You can find me...    with my nose in a book.
    Surprising fact about me...    I hate raw tomatoes.
    Favorite band growing up...    Guster
    Last good book I read...    Name All the Animals
    My favorite drink...    iced tea
    Favorite website...    www.coolworks.com

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    Name All the Animals

    Name All the Animals
    4 star rating
    Deep loss and enduring love at its core.
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    APR
    30
    2007
    A tender, coming-of-age memoir set in Rochester, New York state, Alison Smith's Name All the Animals traverses the adolescent experiences of death, grief, and loving renewal in honest prose.  The tragic death of Smith's older brother, Roy, propels her whole family into a state of prolonged grief over a young life lost.  And in each succeeding chapter, the author recounts her parents' reactions as well as her own methods of coping in the three years following the tragedy.  Smith creates candid, individual vignettes of her moral stumblings in faith, her discoveries of her own sexual identity,... read full review »
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    Cant wait to read more about your favorite books... come back and visit us again soon!!!


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    Can’t wait to read what you decide to write first!!


    Jo wrote on Apr 4, 2007


    Hi Welcome. I'm Jo - looking foward to reading your reviews and getting to know you.


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