Kelly's Reviews > Goldengrove

A coming-of-age story about 13-year-old Nico, who spends the summer grieving after her older sister drowns while taking a leisurely swim in the lake. Nico must cope mostly on her own, as her parents are caught up in their own grief. The only person who she feels can understand is her sister's boyfriend, and they thus begin a risky, complicated "friendship". The author did a great job of getting inside Nico's head, and I felt as if I were seeing the world through her eyes. This is one of those books that make you feel like you're losing a friend when you close it at the end.

The only other Francise Prose that I've read was Blue Angel, which I absolutely LOVED, although completely different in tone from Goldengrove.