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Friday, October 7, 2016

The Things We Wish Were True - Review

The Things We Wish Were True  🌟🌟🌟
by Mary Beth Mayhew Whalen
Published 9.1.16 by Lake Union Publishing



Finished 10.7.16

And yet, Jencey understood, there were the things she wished were true, and there was what was actually true. She was learning that there was usually a great distance between the two.

If you can get past the unusual names of the main characters, you might be able to enjoy this story:  Bryte (is it pronounced like Bright  or like Britt?), Cutter, Jencey, Pilar, Zara, and Zell, with a lifejacket thrown in by way of Everett, Lance and Cailey.  I've never understood it when authors settle on such names; are they trying to be unique, or to just confuse the reader?

I did, eventually, get past that, and I did enjoy the story pretty much. The author  experienced something at her neighborhood  pool one summer and wanted to share how it united the whole community with a common goal, a dream if you  will.   She did a good job here, giving us some memorable characters and a title that makes you stop occasionally to ponder how it relates to each one.  My heart was with little Cailey  throughout, and her relationship with Zell was very special.  That's  what this book is about after all-- relationships, the secrets we keep, and the things we wish were true but about which we need to GET REAL.

I won a Kindle version from goodreads first reads.

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