SuitabookHow to save a life
Sara Zarr
- Reading
- Consider checking in as you read the bereavement and pregnancy material, then allow space to talk about either topic or simply continue the story.
- Themes
- Two viewpoints: Jill and Mandy tell the story from their own viewpoints as their lives become connected. The paired viewpoints make both characters’ circumstances part of the story’s structure.
- Grief and family change: Jill grieves her father and reacts to her mother’s adoption plan; Mandy’s pregnancy and adoption decision also shape the story. These circumstances place loss and changing family relationships at the centre of the characters’ situations.
- Worth knowing
- Bereavement is central: Jill has lost her father and is withdrawing from people who want to support her. Pregnancy and the decision to place a baby for adoption also feature.