Finding Me - Softcover

Ford, Darnella

3.37

171 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758216769 ISBN 13: 9780758216762

Publisher: Dafina, 2009

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When her twin sister is severely burned in an explosion that kills their father, eleven-year-old Blaze James must stay with a free-spirited and unconventional neighbor who opens her eyes to a whole new world, while her sister Aerial goes with their mother for treatment in Baton Rouge. Original.

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About the Author:

Michelle Knight is currently working toward a culinary career in Cleveland, Ohio. She loves to sing and draw and is enjoying her freedom and her journey to a new life.

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Ford's newest is a Southern coming-of-age involving an estranged twin waking to sexuality and love. Eleven-year-old Blaze James lives in the shadow of her twin sister, Aerial, until a gas explosion leaves Aerial horribly scarred. While her sister recovers, Blaze spends a formative year in the care of a neighbor, Felicity Hardaway, an exotic (though closeted) lesbian in close-minded Shreveport, La. After years away at school, Blaze returns and begins a passionate affair with Hardaway. Despite the town's condemnation and Hardaway's insistence that she doesn't want to get serious, Blaze is determined to fight for the emotionally abusive relationship. When Hardaway disappears, Blaze turns to next-door neighbor Nate for solace—and, as it turns out, much more. Ford's Shreveport is an unforgiving place—swampy, seductive and judgmental—that's reflected in her blunt but intoxicating prose. Unfortunately, Ford's intriguing story begs for a better protagonist; Blaze is contrary, indecisive and not nearly as smart as she thinks she is, making decisions at whim. Hardaway, on the other hand, is charismatic and flawed, prideful and vulnerable; by the end, one can't help feeling they were following the wrong character. (Feb.)
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