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Original Title: | Still Life with Tornado |
ISBN: | 1101994886 (ISBN13: 9781101994887) |
Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(United States) Mexico |
Literary Awards: | NAIBA Book of the Year for Young Adult (2017) |
A.S. King
Hardcover | Pages: 295 pages Rating: 3.82 | 5816 Users | 1060 Reviews

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Title | : | Still Life with Tornado |
Author | : | A.S. King |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 295 pages |
Published | : | October 11th 2016 by Dutton Books for Young Readers |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Magical Realism. Contemporary. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Family |
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“I am sixteen years old. I am a human being.”Actually Sarah is several human beings. At once. And only one of them is sixteen. Her parents insist she’s a gifted artist with a bright future, but now she can’t draw a thing, not even her own hand. Meanwhile, there’s a ten-year-old Sarah with a filthy mouth, a bad sunburn, and a clear memory of the family vacation in Mexico that ruined everything. She’s a ray of sunshine compared to twenty-three-year-old Sarah, who has snazzy highlights and a bad attitude. And then there’s forty-year-old Sarah (makes good queso dip, doesn’t wear a bra, really wants sixteen-year-old Sarah to tell the truth about her art teacher). They’re all wandering Philadelphia—along with a homeless artist allegedly named Earl—and they’re all worried about Sarah’s future.
But Sarah’s future isn’t the problem. The present is where she might be having an existential crisis. Or maybe all those other Sarahs are trying to wake her up before she’s lost forever in the tornado of violence and denial that is her parents’ marriage.
“I am a human being. I am sixteen years old. That should be enough.”
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Ratings: 3.82 From 5816 Users | 1060 ReviewsJudge Of Books Still Life with Tornado
Initial reaction:Probably one of the most original and engaging stories I've read of its measure. Sarah's story and different personalities really held my attention throughout the read.Full review:It's on an ironic note that while that the protagonist of this book (Sarah) was worried about being "original", "Still Life with Tornado" is truly one of the most original reads I've seen in the YA spectrum to date. I honestly have never read a story quite like this - blending a bit of speculativeFind all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ Before I even begin, let me forewarn you that there is no way this is going to amount to any semblance of an informative review (so different than usual, right????). This is my fourth or fifth A.S. King book and at this point I pretty can only say . . . . My first King experience was Everybody Sees the Ants (which I read back in the day when my reviews pretty much said Earth shattering stuff like dis was gud) and everything Ive
There is a long list of things that I really loved about this book. I really appreciated the fact that although there were different narrators - Sarah's dad wasn't one of them. I find that some author's feel the need to give perspective from an abuser.. and it's not necessary. A.S. King definitely has an acquired style of writing and it's not for everyone - but I'm finding it's for me. The past, future, and really future, Sarahs were an interesting take that could have been used as metaphors but

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Now it's been so long that if I bring it up, I'll look like a girl who can't let go of things. Teenage girls always have to let go of things. If we bring up anything, people say we're bitches who can't just drop it. This book changed me as a person.Still Life With Tornado is about a lot of things, but most of all, it's about how teenagers are discounted - especially teenage girls. Teens are vehicles for drama rather than being real people. Our feelings aren't feelings - they're drama. And this
I just finished and like usual, I have no idea wtf I just read. And I love it. Being inside Sarah's head is unlike any other monologue. It's messy and confusing and heartbreaking. We get snippets of POV from Sarah's mom, Helen, and they're even worse. There were layers upon layers upon layers and each one is revealed so deliciously slow. We were learning things the same time Sarah did. There isn't anything I can say or try to explain that will make the plot arc make sense. It's a jumble of past
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