This Lullaby
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"I had no illusions about love... It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say." Remy doesn't believe in love. And why should she? Her romance novelist mother is working on her fifth marriage, and her father, a '70s hippie singer, left her with only a one-hit wonder song to remember him by. Every time Remy hears "This Lullaby," it feels like "a bruise that never quite healed right." "Wherever you may go / I will let you down / But this lullaby plays on..." Never without a boyfriend, Remy is a compulsive dater, but before a guy can go all "Ken" on her (as in "ultra boyfriend behavior") she cuts him off, without ever getting close or getting hurt. That's why she's stunned when klutzy, quirky, alterna-band boy Dexter inserts himself into her life and refuses to leave. Remy's been accepted to Stanford, and she plans on having her usual summer fling before tying up the loose ends of her pre-college life and heading for the coast. Except Dexter's not following Remy's tried-and-true rules of break-up protocol. And for the first time, Remy's questioning whether or not she wants him to. Author Sarah Dessen's ability to write novels that are both crowd pleasers and literary masterpieces of YA fiction is showcased beautifully in This Lullaby. Subtle yet completely absorbing, Lullaby is peopled with breathtakingly believable, three-dimensional characters, the very best of which is the bitter, broken Remy herself. An original love story about learning to love yourself first. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert |
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| It's time to give him "the speech". It's time to give Dexter long talk, about how Remy isn't into long-term relationships. How she can't stay with him, because he's a musician, just like her dead father. And most importantly, how she can't stand his messy room. So why can't Remy bring herself to do it? Maybe because of what Dexter said when they first met, "We have a natural chemistry, I think we're meant to be together". In THIS LULLABY, Sarah Dessen explores one girl's subconscious attempt at love, and the guy who's willing to start (and finish, it looks like) the journey with her. My personal opinion is that this may be the greatest, and well-written book by Sarah Dessen. It's told with a soft voice and mind, but manages to have a powerful undertone. The overall theme is the feeling of being in love. Remy is afraid of being too involved with her emotions, because of her mother's failed marriages. I believe this because once Remy realizes that she's in love with Dexter, she immediately tries to find reasons to break it off with him. THIS LULLABY is the story of a girl taking a leap of faith, and the boy that is willing to catch her if she falls. |
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