· This Impossible Light is a young adult novel in verse about Ivy, a fifteen year-old whose body betrays her as it grows, takes up the space left behind by her shrinking mother, leaving father, and missing best friend. As Ivy strives to perfection she comes to the seemingly logical conclusion that perfect lives in a place that can only be reached by restricting food and hours of biking up Seattle’s endless www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. This Impossible Light explores the powerful reality that identity and self-worth must be taught before they are learned. Perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen www.doorway.ru for This Impossible Light:★ "In an exceptional novel in verse, slam poet Myers debuts with a powerful commentary on maternal inheritance and eating www.doorway.rung use of the flexibility of free . · She studies and writes about the intersections of spirituality, magic, power, and gender. She is the author of viral slam poem “Shrinking Women” and the young adult novel This Impossible Light. Her writing has been featured in Bustle, BUST, Button Poetry, DAZED, Loam, and more.
Welcome to The Impossible Light by Lily Myers book tour! Today is my stop on the tour and I am eager to share my review for this thought-provoking book. BOOK SUMMARY: Sixteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. This Impossible Light is a beautiful wok of art. Combining poetry and narrative, the culmination is not only touching, but incredibly relateable. If you enjoyed, "Shrinking Women" this is a must. It takes the story of a young girl suffering from an eating disorder, and complicates it. This Impossible Light is a book written in verse by the spoken-word poet Lily Myers. It talks about themes that include: disordered eating, divorce, depression, anxiety, friendships, family relationships, and isolation. There are so many things talked about in this book, but these are the major themes.
This Impossible Light explores the powerful reality that identity and self-worth must be taught before they are learned. Perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen www.doorway.ru for This Impossible Light:★ "In an exceptional novel in verse, slam poet Myers debuts with a powerful commentary on maternal inheritance and eating www.doorway.rung use of the flexibility of free verse absorbing and evocative.". In the new novel in verse This Impossible Light () by Lily Myers, year-old Ivy is facing challenges many teens can find all too relatable. Opening the novel, we learn that Ivy’s father recently left her mom—coinciding with her brother’s departure to college and her best friend’s summer vacation to Paris. Lily Myers creates a deep and haunting tale in This Impossible Light. She does not shy away from perfectly expressing those hidden moments of loneliness, pain, sadness most people never show to those around them. As well as the struggles of those suffering/dealing with depression and especially eating disorders go through.
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