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Small Damages
By Beth KephartPublisher Description
Juno meets Under the Tuscan Sun
It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she's pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know.
Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn old cook, and Esteban, the mysterious young man who cares for the horses, she begins to open her eyes, and her heart, to the beauty that is all around her, and inside her. Kenzie realizes she has some serious choices to make--choices about life, love, and home.
Lyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, Small Damages is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.
It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she's pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know.
Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn old cook, and Esteban, the mysterious young man who cares for the horses, she begins to open her eyes, and her heart, to the beauty that is all around her, and inside her. Kenzie realizes she has some serious choices to make--choices about life, love, and home.
Lyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, Small Damages is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.
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maude.the.great
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“this was a cute found family book which I am always here for. the lack of quotation marks in some places irked me a bit because there didn't seem to be any reason for that but it was a fairly unique story”
brittreadsbooks
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xtina lynn
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Lisa Elis
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“i loved this book!! so much!! thanks to gray marie for convincing me to read this in one quick post - I read it in 2.5 hours as soon as I got my hands on it.
// we need more books set abroad (aka NOT in the usa) and this one really delivers!!
// SPAIN guys
// though she doesn't go traveling much, you can really really feel the different atmosphere, the vibe, the setting - IT'S ALIVE, IT'S VIVID, IT'S TANGIBLE.
// love how the Spanish English was written, I could hear it in my head
// bulls, horses, gypsies, oranges, a tree house
// learning to cook!! LOVE THIS SUBPLOT SO MUCH.
// lovely little pet birds
// a camcorder (she likes making films)
// the style was gorgeous!! it was a YA book and yet didn't sound like the standard YA voice at all
// loved the main character - she feels so much like a character I'd write XD
// loved all the characters she met in Spain
// really found it well done how it started with her arriving in Seville, and the whole preceding, backstory is told in vivid flashback
// Estela and Esteban <33
// the character growth and development was so subtle and beautiful
// I really appreciate how it handled the teen pregnancy issue
to quote the dust jacket,
"Small Damages is Spain alive. It is hearts broken and healed. It is heat and color and soul."
I recommend really much!!
// 4.5 stars
ps if you want extra incentive you can http://graymariewrites.blogspot.com/2019/04/small-damages.html”
Kaila
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