{"id":9076,"date":"2018-01-04T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2018-01-04T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T18:07:48","slug":"twin-decisions-youll-miss-me-when-im-gone-by-rachel-lynn-solomon-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9076","title":{"rendered":"Twin decisions = You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone, by Rachel Lynn Solomon (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookGrandma died from this terrible disease,
\nNow their mother has it (rather, it has her in its grip) –
\ndo the twins have Huntington’s Disease<\/a>, too?<\/p>\n

What a way to start their senior year, waiting on the genetic testing results… Both girls have their lives all mapped out, but what if this incurable neurological disease is part of their future, too?<\/p>\n

Scroll down on this page<\/a> to read the first chapter, by Adina, courtesy of the publisher, then ask for this January 2, 2018 release at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Better to get the test and know for sure, or wait it out?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone \/ Rachel Lynn Solomon. Simon Pulse, 2018. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Adina loves playing viola, Tovah takes AP courses for best pre-med college admission, and both twins worry about whether they’ll inherit the disease that’s stealing away their mother’s life – this genetic test at age 18 will be the pass\/fail for life.<\/p>\n

The Seattle teens may look alike, speaking Hebrew and English at home, but they are so different – Adina sharing her Israeli-born mother’s love of old movies, Tovah as big a Nirvana fan as her dad and with him drawn deeper into their Jewish faith.<\/p>\n

When the test shows that Adina has Huntington’s disease and Tovah doesn’t, the gap between them begun by an earlier incident widens, and the sisters struggle through senior year separately – Adina ardently pursuing her music and her mid-20s viola tutor while Tovah waits anxiously for acceptance to Johns Hopkins and decides she may finally have time to be with artistic Zack.<\/p>\n

As their mother’s neurological symptoms worsen, Adina becomes certain that hers will begin early.
\nAs the university admissions office is stubbornly silent, Tovah wonders if her years of hard work were enough.<\/p>\n

Told in alternating chapters by the sisters, this story of faith, hopelessness, and hope spans a year of loss and love. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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