SuitabookBetween Mom and Jo
Julie Anne Peters
- Reading
- Read alongside a calm conversation about who children can turn to when adults disagree. Let Nick’s feelings lead the discussion, without assuming that the family’s difficulties have a simple or immediate solution.
- Themes
- Family change and belonging: Nick’s birth mother and Jo have marital problems, and he must rethink his relationships with both parents. It does not establish whether every relationship is repaired or how.
- Children and adult conflict: Nick is placed “in the middle” when the adults’ marriage has problems and no longer feels able to turn to both mothers for advice. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to how Nick is placed “in the middle” and how the adults’ marital problems affect his sense of support. The story may invite empathy, but its treatment of responsibility and reassurance is not established.