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Blue Plate Special
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Doomed loves, failed families, nixed dreamssomeone else's leftovers are heaped on our plates the day we come into this world.
Big Macs and pop tunes mask the emptiness as Madeline watches her mom drink away their welfare checks. Until the day Tad, a quirky McDonald's counter boy, asks Madeline out for a date, and she gets her first taste of normal. But with a life thats anything but, how long can normal really last?
Hanging with Jeremy, avoiding Mam, sticking Do Not Disturb Post-its on her heart, Desiree's mission is simple: party hard, graduate (well, maybe), get out of town. But after Desiree accepts half a meatball grinder, a cold drink, and a ride from her mother's boyfriend one rainy afternoon, nothing is ever simple again.
Too many AP classes. Workaholic mom. Dad in prison. Still, Ariel's sultry new boyfriend, Shane, manages to make even the worst days delicious. But when an unexpected phone call forces a trip to visit a sick grandmother she's never met, revealing her family's dark past, Ariel struggles to find the courage to make the right choice for her own future.
As three girls from three different decades lives converge, they discover they are connected ways they could never imagine. Each of them finds strength that brings her closer to healing a painful past, and faith that there is a happier future.
Big Macs and pop tunes mask the emptiness as Madeline watches her mom drink away their welfare checks. Until the day Tad, a quirky McDonald's counter boy, asks Madeline out for a date, and she gets her first taste of normal. But with a life thats anything but, how long can normal really last?
Hanging with Jeremy, avoiding Mam, sticking Do Not Disturb Post-its on her heart, Desiree's mission is simple: party hard, graduate (well, maybe), get out of town. But after Desiree accepts half a meatball grinder, a cold drink, and a ride from her mother's boyfriend one rainy afternoon, nothing is ever simple again.
Too many AP classes. Workaholic mom. Dad in prison. Still, Ariel's sultry new boyfriend, Shane, manages to make even the worst days delicious. But when an unexpected phone call forces a trip to visit a sick grandmother she's never met, revealing her family's dark past, Ariel struggles to find the courage to make the right choice for her own future.
As three girls from three different decades lives converge, they discover they are connected ways they could never imagine. Each of them finds strength that brings her closer to healing a painful past, and faith that there is a happier future.
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Reviews for Blue Plate Special
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This wound up being my final book of the year. This little gem was number 100. I saw this on a list for teens, made by teens, for my library (I try to keep up with what they're talking about). I enjoyed this book a great deal. One of the girls sections was even written in free verse. You know that's been my thing lately. Anyway, for all of their differences, these girls had undercurrents of similarities. You know we're all more alike than we realize. They were all very different people though. The times were different and I thought that part was really cool too. I had my favorites of the girls, but loved their stories individually and the meshing of them as well. I kept thinking, now I know these girls have to be linked in some way. It took awhile, but did start becoming clear. However, there was one final link between all of them that I never saw coming. It was like lightning out of a clear blue sky. Where did that come from?! It was awesome! Hats off to Ms. Kwasney for sneaking that one in there and blowing me away with it. I loved this book because it told you that while yes, we come into life with leftovers, it's all in how you use them. It told girls that it's okay to value who you are and NOT allow yourself to be abused or taken advantage of. It spoke to the strength of women, whether we know it or not. We, as women tend to sell ourselves short or let ourselves feel 'less than'. This book celebrates women in all of their flawed, broken, but still amazingly strong states. And the cover is very cool really. I'm giving it 5 kisses!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Writing a review without disclosing too much is somewhat difficult. Rolling out three running stories of three young women, Blue Plate Special is a treat. Its horrible ingredients of an alcoholic pill popper, a victim of child rape, and a young lady caught in a controlling relationship swirl together to create a wonderfully bitter meal. Order up.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was an amazing read. In the 1970's Madeline spends all of her time taking care of her alcoholic mother, making no life of her own until it is almost too late. In 1999 Desiree's mother ignores her, unless it's to criticize. When she is raped by her mother's boyfriend, everyone's life is forever changed. Ariel is being raised by her mother. Ariel's boyfriend Shane wants just a little bit too much from her. The chapters alternate in each young woman's voice and Desiree's story is written in a different format, although it is still prose.
The book follows three seperate teenagers each about 15 years apart. Over the course of their stories, you realize that the girls are related. The reader is able to see how the previous generation's experiences affect the future's, both for the negative and the positive. This story really focuses on realizing how chains of events are set into being. They also serve as a reminder that no one's life is easy and sometimes people just don't know how to handle what is thrown at them.