Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Ratings41
Average rating4.2
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Ratings41
Average rating4.2
It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into June's life -- someone who will help her to heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart.
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I devoured this and it was so good and so beautifully written I want to go back and read it again. Stunning.
The Wolves Just finished it. I'm in a delicious book coma, where I only have one foot in this reality, and one foot in the book's–1980's New York as AIDS was cutting a swath through a bright and beautiful population, and one where, within, the medieval lands of wolves and music and art could be with you if you wished hard enough.
Five stars. All the stars.
I think the blurb for this was better than the actual story. I read it for a prompt in a challenge I'm doing.
