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Truth About Delilah Blue (2010)

by Tish Cohen(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1554685869 (ISBN13: 9781554685869)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Harper Collins

review 1: Delilah was a likable character and I felt like the author really captured a young girl unsure of where her place is in the world. I was a little surprised at the things she uncovered as to why her father moved her from Toronto. Also I felt bad for her because both her parents were not ideal parents. Her father moved her and told her that her mother did not want her, he did not encourage her to follow on her art like she wanted. Her mother was very much a child herself and I can see why her father was worried. I liked how the book ended too.
review 2: This story is mostly told from the point of view of Delilah Blue Lovett, and a little from the point of view of her father. When Delilah was eight, her father brought her to Disneyland from Toronto, and they ... morestayed in L.A. Delilah was told that her mother needed a break. But then she is out of contact with her mother for years. Delilah never really fit in, despite shortening her name to Lila. Lila is now twenty and determined to be an artist, like her mother was, but her father does not support this. He wants her to choose a more practical career. She starts doing life modeling for art classes, so that she can gain instruction without needing to pay for it. As she finds herself baring more than just her body, her mother reenters her life, accompanied by Kieran, Lila's younger stepsister. As her mother divulges the secret of Delilah's move to L.A., Lila begins to question her trust in her father, and to question her own sense of self and identity.Meanwhile, her father is beginning to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer's and his confusion affects his ability to talk about the past and his motivations. Lila worries about his wellbeing and also worries about her new young stepsister.Lila is a young woman dealing with a lot of new information and in stepping back and seeing her parents as flawed individuals, she also learns about her own strengths and feelings. I really enjoyed this book, and the growth the characters showed. less

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