{"id":10337,"date":"2019-04-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10337"},"modified":"2019-04-25T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T14:22:59","slug":"w-will-walking-wondering-what-i-leave-behind-by-alison-mcghee-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10337","title":{"rendered":"W = Will, walking, wondering WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND, by Alison McGhee (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Memories, conflicts, problems –
walking away lets him avoid the pain,
but sometimes easier isn’t better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years since Dad jumped off the bridge, leaving behind Will and Mom and his Bowie t-shirts, but not his famed cornbread recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years of walking to school, dollar store job, then home – past the butterfly-watching<\/a> little boy, homeless Superman, dog-of-insanity forever chained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can 100-cent gifts help them, give best friend Playa strength to stand up in court, reveal the cornbread secret to Will?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His LA neighborhood grows larger, sharper as the Black teen walks and walks and walks his memories out and wonders about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One hundred chapters of 100 words (like the blessings store Dad loved) move the story along as Will walks and thinks and weaves David Bowie lyrics<\/a> into everyday life – in paperback May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What song is the soundtrack of your days?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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