The Piper's Son

“How can I be happy?” she asks with anguish. “To get this baby, my brother had to die. Do you understand?”“And to get this family, my best friend had to die,” he says gruffly. “So aren't we both a sorry pair?”

✨ reread ✨

About a family trapped in their grief and how the people around them are also affected by it.

I think I loved reading this even more the second time around. The lines and dialogues are just so plainly beautiful.

Another spectacular work and my favorite contemporary book by [a:Melina Marchetta 47104 Melina Marchetta https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277655889p2/47104.jpg]. At this point, i don't think she has the capacity to write anything bad.The Finch-Mackee family drama hits so deep. I don't know how all the dialogues and all the characters seem to be tailored to gut you. Sometimes it's not something sad or tragic, sometimes a simple friendly conversation or family moment can be a tear jerker. The writing in general is outstanding and like every Marchetta book, i end up loving every character and every sentence.While i loved everything and everyone in [b:Saving Francesca 11103838 Saving Francesca Melina Marchetta https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356068992l/11103838.SY75.jpg 18042740], The complicated family relationships and Tom as the protagonist raised the bar for this book. It's very commendable how the author takes cliché situations and turns them into something profound.Some parts didn't grip like the way most of the author's other books do. But i don't think that this story is meant to be read to be hooked in, but to understand and appreciate. Tom as a protagonist surprised me and he ended up being my favorite Marchetta character besides Froi.