![]() ![]() Her ‘parents’ should have told her earlier but they did a great job raising her, and not even Marley can argue with that. But the fact stands that Uncle Jack gave her up because he didn’t want the responsibility of raising her. The thing is, if I found out I was adopted it would freak me out. The whole book is about whether she’ll be able to forgive the people who raised her and cope with their deception or not. Realizing that the people claiming to be her parents are actually her aunt and uncle, Marley completely withdraws into a shell of anger and utter disbelief. That is, until the horrible moment she realizes that she’s adopted and her elusive Uncle Jack who has been writing letters back and forth with her for years is her biological father. Her best friend has some serious emotional problems but Marley herself is pretty much the happiest fourteen-year-old you could ever hope to meet. The central character here is Marley, who lives in a small town named Heaven with her parents and brother. I did enjoy getting to see Bobby from The First Part Last, which was better than this book. ![]() Out of the books I’ve read by her, Heaven was squarely in the middle for me the prose was perfectly competent but the story itself was just okay. ![]() ![]() I’ve found there’s something I really like about the way she writes even though overall the chances I’ll actually like something by her are pretty much 50/50. Angela Johnson’s books are all really short so I’ll almost always give them a chance. ![]()
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