
By: J.L. Berg
My Copy: Ebook from Publisher
The BookWhisperer's Rating:
Head
down.
Don’t
look up.
Never
make eye contact.
Those
were the words I lived by growing up, the words that protected me in an unsafe
home. But words are only letters and eventually even they couldn’t keep his
hands off me.
Hoping
to leave behind the shattered life of my past, I find myself in a boring, small
town, with an aunt I’ve never met and at a school I loathe.
But
soon I learn, not everything in this world is as black and white as I’ve
determined. Sometimes those we are so quick to judge often need a second, third
or even fourth time to make a first impression.
And
often, there are friendships and even love waiting just around the corner, if
we are brave enough to take the first step.
Am
I brave?
Or
will I hide behind these tattered gloves of mine forever?
While The Tattered Gloves is categorized as a young adult book,
I found that it dealt with a serious issue and was wonderfully written to
express the harm that others do and the recovery that the right people can
bring.
Willow moves to her aunt’s house after encountering a very
unpleasant situation at home. She finds
herself continuing her anti-social ways so that she can protect herself from
criticism and the fear that plagues her constantly. However, there are three characters that see
the wall that Willow has built and make a vow to bust it down with whatever
they have available. These three
characters, (Addy, Allison, and Sam) showed a new world to Willow, how a
teenagers life should be and brought out a new side of Willow that was more
social and trusting.
It was wonderful to read how much Willow grows throughout this
book. Coming from the background
described throughout the book, she really begins to recognize what her life can
be like in Sugar Tree and become a brave young woman.
Some of the book is hard to imagine; it’s hard realizing that
these kind of situations happen to people, however Berg did a terrific job
writing the growth of Willow, the love that she experiences, and the crumbling
of her walls.
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