Nest

I was invited to read this middle-grade book by NetGalley and Random House Children. 

First of all I didn't read anything about this book before I started reading it. I went in "blind" and I'm so glad I did. Nest is a surprising story of a family and the way that each one in the family unit deals with tragedy.

There is a little bit for everyone. 

It's a sister story. Two sisters who love each other and cope with a difficult situation in very different ways. 

It's a mother-daughter story. The love between a mother and a daughter is strong and its hard to understand that bond but when it is broken all bets are off and everything can shatter. 

It's a father-daughter story. Dad's aren't the same as mom's but that doesn't mean they don't love their daughters any less and you can definitely feel the pull this dad has on his daughters. The love they share for their father even though they don't always say it.

It's a illness story (mental and physical). This story talks about how a family copes with illness. How the person with the illness deals with the knowledge. How everyone comes together or breaks apart in time of tragedy.

It's a growing up story.  A learning through hard-times, finding your way story. A spark of love and friendship story. A bonding over difficulties and hardships and leaning on someone that understands story.

It's an awesome story that deserves to be read. A story set in 1972 off the coast of Cape Cod to a Jewish family in a Christian town story. 

It's a must read debut story.