Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts
Outstanding Young Widows Club, By Alexandra Coutts book is constantly being the best good friend for investing little time in your office, night time, bus, and almost everywhere. It will be a great way to merely look, open, as well as read the book Young Widows Club, By Alexandra Coutts while because time. As recognized, experience and ability do not always come with the much cash to get them. Reading this book with the title Young Widows Club, By Alexandra Coutts will allow you know much more points.
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts
Read Ebook Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts
Seventeen-year-old Tamsen Baird didn’t set out to become a teenage widow. All she did was fall in love and get married. But when her nineteen-year-old husband, Noah, suddenly dies in the middle of the night, her whole life changes. Now Tam is forced to return to the existence she thought she’d moved beyond―beginning with moving back home and finishing high school. But in order to overcome her loss and find her way forward, she’ll need to reinvent herself and reach out to others in ways she never imagined. She’ll need to open herself up to living―and even loving―again.
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts- Amazon Sales Rank: #1043029 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-10
- Released on: 2015-11-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.46" h x 1.04" w x 5.79" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Review
“Tam’s narrative voice will draw readers in to what real grief looks like, and Colin’s deadpan humor keeps a serious story from being dragged too deep. Layered with rounded secondary characters and running its own haunting soundtrack, Coutts’s novel explores family, grief, and second chances with delicacy and resonance.” ―Booklist
“Coutts handles the engaging, emotional subject with a sure touch. As Tamsen and Colin make mistakes of the heart, readers should find it easy to sympathize with the ways they stumble toward healing.” ―Publishers Weekly
“This intense and emotionally charged novel adeptly examines the five stages of grief and how one teen handles marriage, death, and rebirth. A must-have for YA collections.” ―School Library Journal
About the Author Alexandra Coutts is an author, playwright, and graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she received an MFA in Dramatic Writing. In addition to Young Widows Club, she is also the author of Wish, Wishful Thinking, and Tumble & Fall. She lives year-round on Martha's Vineyard with her family.
Where to Download Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting premise in the ya genre, liked execution. By Brandi Leigh Kosiner 3 stars (liked it) I wanted to read Young Widows Club because I am drawn to books about death and dying, and ones that deal with grief. I lost my dad, and my mom is dealing with being a widow, so I feel like I can empathize and sympathize with Tam. Books like this help me because it gives a glimpse into other's emotions and grief process. I appreciate that everyone is different and deals with big feelings like this in other ways. The book starts on the day of his funeral, and Tam is definitely a mess. We get to see the depth of her emotion, and it sets things up for the rest of the book. Family is an interesting element in this one. Tam's dad has changed a lot since marrying her stepmom, and Tam has a hard time wrapping her head around it. I did like her interactions with the siblings though. As far as Tam and Noah's family, they were helping them build a house, so I did appreciate that dynamic, that they supported them even though they were young. She gets in trouble though, and she is back at home with her dad and stepmom as well as back in school. Some things are the same as before, and others changed so much. She still tries to manage and help the band, even though they have a new singer, and it hurts her heart and always makes her think about Noah. I like that she is back in school, even though she doesn't put a lot of effort into it at first, which I can understand to some level with the grief, but I guess I also just really didn't like that she dropped out of high school to start with. I know that each person has their own choices and decisions, and staying in school is one of them, but that is part of her recklessness and bad decision making that bugged me about her. Maybe it is just because I am so different than her, I was a rule follower, liked school and keeping up appearances, and pleasing others. But that rebellion, the questioning and pushing had always been a part of who she was, and she just made different choices for her life. She did do a lot of growing, some through the help of an old friend, other through the court mandated support group, and yet more self realization from just letting herself go through the cycles of grief, and realizing that she has to make her future, no matter how much the past and what is going on with her hurts in that moment. The support group that she was a part of was very unconventional and I liked that. It wasn't just sit in a circle and share time, although that def has its place and its own way of healing. But the leader took them on outings, helping to demonstrate the different stages of grief, and also ways to cope with the pain. Overall I enjoyed even with my few issues with Tam. She grew and realized a lot about herself and worked her way through some of her grief.Disclaimer: I received this book as an ARC (advanced review copy). I am not paid for this review, and my opinions in this review are mine, and are not effected by the book being free.Source: Macmillan via NetgalleyBottom Line: Interesting premise in the ya genre, liked execution.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Widowed at 17 By Peach @ Rebelle Reads This was pretty phenomenal, but let's talk about it.Tamsen "Tam" Baird, which is a name I love, is newly-married. All is well. But after her husband, Noah, passes away unexpectedly in his sleep, her world loses color. Suddenly, she is a widow. At seventeen, no less. Her husband's band is itching to return to road life, Noah's parents are equally devastated, and she can barely consider her father and stepmother "family" when they were against her relationship in the first place.After breaking into someone's home for a casual swim, Tam is ordered back to school and forced to attend a support group for young widows (aka: the Young Widows Club) as a form of community service. Not terrible, right?There, she meets a plethora of kind women. Other widowers, and one man-widow, Colin. I found it a little strange, there was only one man there, surrounded by women who vented their feelings all day. I thought the author could've casually eased in another man into the group, but okay.Here's the thing: Colin is complete trash and I'll tell you why.Colin barely spoke. Like I said, it was a widow support group, mainly populated by women, so what's the point in being there, then? Go home. He made thousands of rude comments. He was so invasive. I understand your wife passed. Sorry, buddy. That's unfortunate. So while he was describing his wife to Tam, who saw her husband in this grand light, he was like: "Yeah, she was okay. I thought she was superficial, at first."Maybe this is me being old-fashioned or whatever, but I think there should be a wait point, God forbid, if someone were to lose their spouse. Six to eight months, at least. Tamsen had Noah on her mind heavy. She'd be crying and sniffling and her heart would be aching, then, she'd be climbing all up on Colin. Like, what the hell's wrong with you? Your husband died six weeks ago.And Colin has the nerve to say this drama.("It means that first, you were Noah's girlfriend, and then you were Noah's wife," he says. "Now, you're Noah's widow, and if you're not careful, that's all you'll ever be.")I would've clocked his ass. Can. You. Believe. The. Nerve.And not sure why this was never questioned, but when Tamsen was describing how she and Noah first met. He did sound pretty charming, though. Musically talented and all. They starting dating while she was in elementary and he was in high school??? Is that not odd to anyone else?For the most part, I did like Tamsen. She's relatable and her grief is genuine, but I liked her more in the beginning. She lost my sympathy when she started hanging with Colin. Her best friend, Lula, is so fabulous. Back in the day, Tamsen forgot about her when she got a man, then came back for her and she was perfectly okay with it??? She's so nice. I need her as my best friend, too.The ending was only okay. The writing has a gorgeous simplicity, nonetheless. I'd recommend, but try to avoid Colin at all costs.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. are happily married and in love and in the process of ... By Cyra Rae Schaefer Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)Publication Date: November 10, 2015Rating: 4 StarsSource: eARC from NetgalleyPages: 304Add it on Goodreads!Summary (from Goodreads):For seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is the ideal escape from her claustrophobic high-school life on the island, and the ultimate rebellion against her father and stepmother. But when Tam becomes a widow just weeks later, the shell-shocked teen is forced to find her way forward by going back to the life she thought she’d moved beyond—even as her struggle to deal with her grief is forcing her to reinvent herself and reach out to others in ways she never imagined.Seventeen-year-old Tamsen Baird and her new husband, Noah, are happily married and in love and in the process of building themselves a house near Noah's parents when he suddenly dies in his sleep six weeks after they were married. Six months later, she finds herself in a bit of trouble and is ordered to finish high school (which she had recently dropped out of), move back in with her father and stepmother, and to attend a young widows grief counseling group. She is struggling to overcome her grief and make a life for herself without Noah, but she finds that the routine of school helps and she reconnects with an old friend and makes some new ones in her 'young widows club'. She might think that she is coming to terms with the death of her husband, but she isn't as healed as she thinks she is.I liked Tam. She has been through a lot. I think that she has had it really rough not only because she can't get over the death of Noah, but also because she never truly got over the death of her mother when she was ten. She is struggling to make a new normal for herself without Noah and without his band that has moved on without her. She reconnects with her childhood friend, Lula Bee, when she goes back to school, but she has to work to earn her friendship back. She tries really hard to move on, but things just don't always seem to go her way and she can't find herself able to get over her grief.There is a little bit of romance in this book. Tam starts to hang out with the only guy in her widows group. They kinda know what the other one is going through so they can really talk about it one on one and that seems to help them cope with their grief a little bit. He seems like a good guy. He's sweet.I'm not a giant fan of contemporary, but I have gotten pretty good at picking out ones that work for me. For awhile I wasn't sure that this was a good pick, but I ended up liking it. I have been fortunate in my life not to have lost anyone close to me, but I really felt sad for Tam. She tries so hard and she doesn't know how to go on without Noah and I cried a little bit for her. I absolutely can't imagine what it would be like to lose your first love and husband at seventeen. It makes me sad just to think about it. This wasn't a super fast paced book, I didn't feel, and some of it felt kinda slow. Some of her young widows club meetings felt like they just dragged on for me, but it kept me interested. The grief counselor was quite the interesting character.Overall, I enjoyed this book. I would probably recommend this book to people. I don't know what I can relate this book to so I would know who to recommend it to, but I think if you like books that give you feels you might like this one.
See all 10 customer reviews... Young Widows Club, by Alexandra CouttsYoung Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts PDF
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts iBooks
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts ePub
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts rtf
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts AZW
Young Widows Club, by Alexandra Coutts Kindle
