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Title:
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Girl He Used to Know, The |
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Authors:
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Graves, Tracey Garvis |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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291 |
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Year:
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2019 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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It might sound like the name of a song but to Jonathan Hoffman, the girl he used to know was his college sweetheart, Annika Rose. Here they are, ten years down the track, fate bringing them back together in the aisle of a Chicago supermarket!
Moving between 1991 and 2001, this is the story of a relationship forced apart by tragedy, but offered a second chance.
Featuring appealing characters and unique insights into the autistic world, this is a rewarding and emotionally satisfying love story with a difference.
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Categories:
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Fiction, Love story, Medical/Health, Relationships, Tragedy/disaster, America, 2021 Titles |
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By: AUCK 236
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2025-05-27 10:23:40 |
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Most, but not all of us, really liked this book. Two of us loved it! The story was very character driven. |
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By: GISB 016
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2025-04-10 11:57:30 |
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A glimpse into the world of the neuro diverse and just how exhausting daily living can be for those on the spectrum. A real lesson about relationships and the compromises we all have to make to make them work. |
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By: PALMN 010
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2024-11-29 14:44:57 |
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A heart-warming insight into autism and the beautiful romance that evolved. This book is superbly written. We all loved it. |
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By: ROTO 014
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2024-07-08 10:22:31 |
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Most thought it an excellent introduction to autism and the effects on family and friends. |
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By: PALMN 013
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2024-06-05 14:36:29 |
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A very good discussion! We felt there were at least two sections that were rather gratuitous. The sex description and the inclusion of the Twin Towers tragedy. But, we learned a lot about autism, and recognised some of the traits in ourselves. |
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By: WELL 206
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2024-01-18 13:22:06 |
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Our group had a good discussion re difficulty for people on the spectrum to fully participate in normal life situations. Ending of story questioneable, as to likelihood, but pleased it ended happily. We discussed importance of diagnosis and treatments, especially for the associated anxiety. |
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By: RAUM 001
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2024-01-11 10:00:47 |
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Although this book didn't appeal at first to many of us, it did provoke an interesting discussion. |
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By: WESTP 001
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2023-10-18 13:30:46 |
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We agreed that we had a better understanding of living with autism after reading this book. It was an easy read with a focus on the two lead characters without being technical. Some members felt the final chapters didn't gel with them. |
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By: PALMN 042
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2023-10-12 13:06:09 |
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Everyone enjoyed this book. It was an easy read, but still had an unpredictable ending. It prompted discussion about autism and also about 9/11. |
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By: WHITIAN 003
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2023-08-21 13:15:16 |
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A wonderful story of the struggle an autistic person faces every day to live a "normal life". Written with compassion, sympathy and grace - a very emotional tale, well-written! |
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By: NEWP 009
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2023-06-22 12:58:40 |
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A useful amount of discussion, but some felt it wasn't well-written. |
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By: PAIHIA 001
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2023-04-10 12:57:08 |
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Easy read, interesting insight into autism. |
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By: AUCK 446
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2023-02-27 12:33:22 |
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Overall we really enjoyed this book and felt it gave a good insight to autism. We were all a bit disappointed in the last few chapters though. Easy to read. |
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By: AUCK 135
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2022-10-03 11:46:59 |
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We appreciated the research done to support the story, but the plot wasn't strong, and the choice of the ending was weak. |
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By: CHCH 523
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2022-10-01 12:19:26 |
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Sorry I missed this meeting so have no review available. |
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By: MATUA 001
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2022-09-15 12:47:00 |
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We all loved this book - one of our favourites this year. A light read that packs an emotional punch. Highly recommended. |
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By: PALMN 004
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2022-06-20 12:21:46 |
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This was an enjoyable book which was easy to read. |
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By: AUCK 293
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2022-05-06 13:37:06 |
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A romantic novel with a difference. Really good insight as to what it's like being a high functioning autistic woman. It is the people around you that have a big influence on whether you succeed or fail. Very enjoyable. |
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By: INVER 001
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2021-07-09 13:29:17 |
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All of the group really enjoyed reading this book. Found it really interesting to learn a lot more about life lived coping with "living on the spectrum". We found ourselves having great empathy towards Jonathan and Annika, and we were desperate for things to go well for them. |
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By: WELL 036
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2021-03-17 11:28:31 |
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Our group loved this book. It was good to see autism through the eyes of someone living with it. The last pages were unexpected and made it difficult to put the book down. |
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