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As 13year old Jimmy finds out that he has to write a speech for his cousins funeral he begins to think back on times with him to help him think through this. From thinking of past memories he begins to wonder why his cousin was so mean to him and to those around him and suddenly realizes that his consign Aalto had good in him. Will Jimmy find a way to write his speech or will he struggle with the thought. Read this book to find out

Such a unique way to address grieving in a middle grade story.
Jimmy is told to give a speech at his cousin‘s funeral. The problem: He can‘t think of a single thing to share — without making something up. See, Patrick ruined every event he and Jimmy shared. But was there something Patrick was trying to say? And no one was listening? While attending the wake, Jimmy thinks back on time with Patrick, scrambling for something nice to say. #huggable

Went to the library to get my daughter some of her BOB books. No luck there, but I found some new books. The first three I picked up .... stories about grieving — all middle grade 😢. This is the one I decided to try first.

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This elegantly written, haunting book, speaks to many issues within the context of a deep friendship, begun with a tennis game,between two men,one of whom is a recovering addict.Their friendship is interrupted & ultimately cut short when the “beast” of addiction or as Verghese names it, “a disease of the soul”,rears its head.

A perfect summary of Austrians and a book that honestly made me cry at the end of it. Thomas Bernhard is as wonderful as he sounds dull

#Austria #eulogy #death #humour #dark #dull #inspiring