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Wild Light: A printmaker’s day and night

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You can’t fix a car with poetry. “Poetry won’t help you build that new app and make billions. It won’t win you an election. There are so many ways that poetry isn’t useful in the way we think of things as being useful. And yet…We bring poems to read at weddings and funerals. We write them to lovers. When our lives have been burned down around us, we look for that single glowing ember remaining, and that’s a poem. Poetry is one of the highest artistic achievements of humankind.” I find what I love most about my favorite authors is that they tell previously overlooked, untold stories. Which is why I love all of Jeff's books. There's nothing spectacular or special about any of his main characters. They're the kids in your high school that you probably didn't know much about, the cashier at the Dairy Queen, the quirky kids with the odd hobbies, the misfits in your hometown. But he gives them dignity. He makes you look at those "average" and "unspectacular" people and see that they actually are spectacular and special, in their own ways. Truly, one of the best books for young people, for any people in recent times. This book, which I read slowly because it was so incredibly moving and I didn't want it to finish, really got to me. I dreamed about it. And this might be because I have elderly parents who have failing health, and I found the Cash's grandparents a little too close to my folk, but I dare you to read this book and not be completely caught up in Chase and his best friend Delaney, their challenges and struggles and their love for each other and for Chase's Papaw and Mamaw. A beautiful book and my favorite of Jeff's novels since his debut, which will forever hold a spot on my shelf of all-time favorite reads. Overall: This book was stunning and emotional. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking. It was simply something special and worthy of every tear I shed.

I’ve always known that Jeff Zentner has a way with words. And I think In the Wild Light may just be his best work yet. He writes in a way that forces the reader to truly experience something. The smells, tastes, touches, and overall imagery in this book are brilliantly and uniquely described. Just through the power of words I could smell the wonderful scents of the South, taste the goodness of country cooking, and feel the air of all four seasons. This. This is why I love reading, and why I especially loved In the Wild Light. But lots of parts of it were unrealistic. They just didn't sit well with me. While reciting poetry, the author somehow made the characters other-worldy but not in a good way. They felt so distant. I just couldn't touch them, couldn't care about them. The emotional scenes also felt aloft. I couldn't connect with the characters despite trying hard. I started feeling so frustrated at a point that I literally skimmed through some parts..... After making a rather incredible biological discovery, Delaney was offered a chance to escape to a place that would nurture her brilliance, and she was taking her best friend Cash with her. Cash doesn’t want to ride Delaney’s coattails, and with his grandfather’s emphysema worsening, he fears leaving Tennessee for a life he never imagined. But the thought of Delaney struggling all alone is also too much to bear.but most importantly, its a story of not letting your circumstances or emotions limit you, of becoming the person others have helped you to be, and living a life of your own making.

Here we are, survivors of quiet wars. Like trees that have weathered a brutal storm, but with broken branches and fallen blossoms littering the ground around us."Thank you so much Jeff Zentner for writing this gorgeous story!! I’m still in awe... And everyone reading this review, even if you normally don’t read YA: please read this brilliant gem of a book!

A poignant coming-of-age novel about two best friends whose friendship is tested when they get the opportunity to leave their impoverished small town for an elite prep school. For fans of Looking for Alaska.In a word: sublime.This gift of a book will leave you with fiery, incandescent hope in your chest.”— Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read This pacing of this book is just perfect, in my opinion, with parts of it capturing the stillness and peace of Sawyer, and parts of it capturing the energy and speed of New York City. Throughout the latter half of the book, poetry is used as a way to help Cash find himself, and from the moment he wrote his first words, I was completely captured. I am not a poetry person normally, but I looked forward to reading every single poem, slowly and repeatedly. Every single verse he wrote left me in tears. This book was truly a coming of age for both Cash and Delaney, but it was also about grief and celebration, trauma and healing, friendship and family. I loved all the different kinds of love that the author included in this book, including many of the deep friendships that developed in this book, both romantic and platonic. Redefines friendship as something that must be protected, sacrificed for, and tended to with wisdom, patience, and love.”—Ocean Vuong, New York Times bestselling author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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