SuitabookA Rose for Melinda
Lurlene McDaniel
- Reading
- Try pausing between the different kinds of entries to notice whose perspective you are reading and what each form reveals about Melinda’s situation.
- Themes
- A story told through documents: The narrative uses letters, journal entries, emails, doctors’ reports and instant messages. These varied forms provide the story’s structure and bring personal and medical perspectives into the narrative.
- Friendship and possible romance: Melinda and Jesse have been friends for a long time; Melinda wonders whether their relationship could become more. Their long friendship and Melinda’s hope that it might become something more frame their connection.
- Worth knowing
- Leukaemia and doctors’ reports are part of the story; its emotional weight may be worth considering if serious illness is difficult for your reader.