SuitabookThe Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It
Lisa Shanahan
- Reading
- If strong emotions are a current family topic, read together and pause to discuss what Gemma means by a “birkett”; the story’s ending and resolution are not established.
- Themes
- Expressing strong emotions: Gemma initially regards emotional outbursts as unseemly, then considers whether one might be fitting in some circumstances. The premise gives conditional approval to expressing strong feelings, rather than suggesting every outburst is appropriate.
- Changing relationships: Gemma faces her sister’s wedding plans, a school-play audition, a crush and the interest of an unpredictable classmate. These situations place relationships and new experiences in the foreground, but their broader meaning or treatment cannot be determined.
- Worth knowing
- Strong emotions and prolonged outbursts are explicitly part of the premise.