That's less about love than about the way love can be thwarted and It's a story that adults and teenagers can appreciate equally, one Walton's novel builds to a brutal but triumphant conclusion. "Flirting with fairytale like occurrences throughout. Inīetween her telling of her maternal ancestors' violent, tragic, andīeautiful lives and of things she could not possibly know, Ava shedsĬandlewick. Talk a great aunt who transforms into a bird and multiple ghosts. History and a supernatural sense of smell a twin brother who cannot Navigates through questions about her existence, Ava relates herįamily's saga: a maternal grandmother who journeyed from ruralįrance to 1920s Manhattan to Seattle a mother with a tragic love When she is 16, Ava strives to understand her family historyĪnd her own role in her very odd world: is she human or angel? As she THE STORY: Ava Lavender was born with wings, which might have beenĪ stranger occurrence had not a magical thread connected her maternalĪncestors. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is her first Leslye Walton, who lives in Seattle, teaches middle school languageĪrts. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender APA style: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender.The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender." Retrieved from MLA style: "The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender." The Free Library.
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