Grief explored...

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Break This House follows Minah as she returns to her childhood home after the death of her mother. Told in a stream-of-consciousness format, Minah tries to reconcile with the life and the family she left behind when she and her father moved to Brooklyn.

I think Minah is an incredibly well-written character. She is real and raw as she examines her broken family while dealing with her mother's death. As the story is told from her POV, you go on this journey with her, experiencing the emotional roller coaster as she does. I think this story will appeal to children of divorce, and I don't think there are many own voices stories like this one. We follow Minah through flashbacks and her mother's diary entries as she attempts to piece the puzzle of her mother together. We know what she knows and we know what she knows when she knows it. I thought this was a good book, but there was just something about it that didn't have me loving it. Nonetheless, I would definitely recommend it, especially to kids in similar situations.