{"id":10318,"date":"2019-04-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:46:35","slug":"d-difficult-choices-in-a-perfect-world-by-trish-doller-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10318","title":{"rendered":"D = difficult choices IN A PERFECT WORLD, by Trish Doller (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Ohio to Egypt,
Far from friends and soccer<\/a> camp,
To an old land and new understandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least Carrie has time to get adjusted to life in Cairo<\/a> before school starts, with the help of Adam who drives and explains customs and culture and religion and is distractingly cute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving for a parent’s job (story of my life) can be challenging, rewarding, frustrating, amazing, and temporary – just like Carrie and Adam’s friendship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also by this author: Where the Stars Still Shine<\/em>, which I featured in another A2Z year here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What unexpected joy have you found in a new place?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: In a Perfect World \/ Trish Dollar. Simon Pulse, 2017. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book talk<\/strong>: In Egypt for Mom’s new job, Carrie decides that exploring Cairo will ease her homesickness for Ohio, but cultural expectations collide when their driver’s teen son must take the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam must give up his restaurant job when his father falls ill, now driving Carrie around her new city in the summer before her senior year – so much for her to see and learn\u2026with such a nice young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charity eye clinic must hire a male doctor to assist Mom because most Egyptian men won’t allow her to treat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie is Catholic, Adam is Muslim.
He’s Egyptian, she’s American.
She’s in Cairo for a year, he’ll probably never leave.
Tourism fuels both their hometowns, but foreigners aren’t welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their budding relationship? Haram, forbidden – but in a perfect world\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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