![]() ![]() My favorite reading spot was 20 feet above the ground, in a natural seat formed by the branches of an enormous pine tree. Caley Andersonīooks to Read in Trees: An Exclusive Essay from Lydia Netzer These are real people making real choices about their lives-even if those lives are different from everyone else’s. ![]() Lydia Netzer has created a cast of characters so unique and surprising, you want to follow their story long after it ends. Everything about Shine, Shine, Shine is charmingly odd, full of feeling, and beautifully written. When Sunny’s wig falls off during a car accident, exposing her bare head to her neighbors for the first time, she starts to realize that this "normal" life she has built is actually a huge problem. ![]() Amazon Best Books of the Month, July 2012: What is a "normal" life? For Sunny, it means wearing a blond wig (she’s been bald since birth), medicating her autistic son (who wears a helmet because he bangs his head against walls), and teaching her brilliant but socially clueless husband, Maxon, how to interact with other humans (they whiteboard equations so he knows how to respond to compliments). ![]()
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