![]() Ehrlich's debut novel is so movingly beautiful but sad as proof that childhood is not always easy. Joey is the abused boy who lives across the street and as problems seem to surround their lives it turns out the two need each other. I loved the friendship between Chirp and Joey. As she slowly touches her mother's hand instead of the soft warmth she expects, her mother's hand is cold and clammy and Chirp knows now that everything has changed.Įhrlich writes a poignant, sweet, loving tale of carefree days of childhood and of growing up. ![]() After her parents tell the girls the diagnosis is MS, Chirp believes if she just feels the soft warmth of her mother's hand she knows everything will be alright. But Chirp believes nothing will change - her mother will get better and she will dance again. But all is about to change as Rachel turns thirteen and turns teenager and her mother, who is a dancer, becomes sick. ![]() With bird-watching in the woods, throwing rocks with Joey, dancing in the rain with her sister Rachel and her mother-childhood where each new day is full of fun and adventures. She has no worries as summer is carefree. It's 1972 in Cape Cod and Chirp just turned eleven. Book Lover Resources, Advice for Writers and Publishers ![]()
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