An extraordinary debut from a talented new voice, Up from the Blue untangles the year in Tillie's life that changed everything: 1975, the year her mother disappeared.
Tillie is instantly likeable as a spunky, naughty little girl not understanding what is wrong with her mother. An emotional, funny and heartbreaking story of mental illness in the 70s and how it affected the family. Tilly's father was maddening but true to his character. I would have liked a bit more information, but overall was satisfied with this well written debut. Emily Durante does a fantastic job with her narration.Author: Susan Henderson
Published: September 2012
Narrator: Emily Durante
Genre: Fiction
Source: HarperAudio
Finished: 12/13/12
This complimentary review copy was received thankfully from Beth and HarperAudio and in no way influenced my review of this book. These are my personal thoughts and reactions to the reading of the book.
8 comments:
I have had this one for awhile Nise and forgot about it, thanks for reminding me. Mental illness I enjoy reading about.
Have you read Tomato Girl, sounds a little like that to me, maybe.
This one is definitely going on my list! Thanks for sharing.
How can you not want to pick up the book with that cover??? This sounds good to me and I need to know what happened to her mother!
Anything to do with mental illness catches my eye and of course it's a bonus that it's brilliantly narrated. Thanks for highlighting this one Nise
Always good to hear when a debut novelist does a good job.
I read this in print but really liked it too.
I found this book to be very depressing. Here's our review of it if interested: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2011/01/up-from-blue-by-susan-henderson.html
You are bad for my wish list!
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