Summary:
It's 1960 and Hattie Owen is enjoying her summer, like she does every year. Quiet summers are a given in quiet Millerton.
And then, something happens and turns Hattie's world upside down.
Her uncle (who she didn't even know existed) is coming to stay with her grandparents who also live in Millerton. Adam (her uncle) is coming back from Chicago where the school he was staying at closed. Adam is 21, but he has a child's mind. He is an idiot-savant, with a very good memory, and a passion for I Love Lucy.
When Adam comes to quiet Millerton, he quickly becomes friends with 12 year old Hattie. He informs her at one point that she's, "one of the people who can lift the corners of our universe."
Profanity:
None, other than God's name being used in vain.
Romance:
A woman and man are caught "in the act" by the main character but that's basically all it says. There is no detail given.
Violence:
Someone dies, but it is only talked about, not seen.
Age Suggestion:
13+
My Opinion:
This book. Oh my word. This might have been what turned me into such an emotional person. This book is beautifully written, and full of heartbreak. I don't even know how to describe what I was feeling. I was right there with Adam as people laughed and gawked and made fun of him for something he couldn't change. I was right there with him, and I felt it. I was personally pained as I read this book. That's not something that happens to me a lot. I've just read so many books, it's hard for one specific book to make a huge impact on me and rock my world. This one did. To this day, one of my favorite quotes is said by Adam up above. It's a beautiful quote, because it says that even though there are awful people in this world, some people have the power to make things okay again. To right everything and lift the dark places to bring in light.
This book is one of the ones (much like The Secret Life of Bees) that teaches us something, and it is a wonderful book.
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