Read Me Like A Book is basically a love story about falling for the wrong person, and for that reason, anyone can relate to it. Ash is a lively, spunky character and tells the reader her story with honesty and sincerity if not always with understanding.Īshleigh's life has lots drama and angst and makes for a wonderful, sometimes humorous, sometimes confusing, sometimes sad but always exciting novel. It's Liz Kessler's debut YA novel and, she says, it is not autobiographical, except for some anecdotes and one really great English teacher.oh, yes, and the coming out part. I started reading Read Me Like A Book on night and couldn't put it down. Is she gay or is Miss Murray just a schoolgirl's grand pash? Leave it to best friend Cat to make things clear for her. Is it just a diversion to get away from dealing with her parents divorce, her dad's new girlfriend, her mother's depression? Or is there something about Ash that she doesn't know about herself. Instead of focusing on her upcoming A-Level exams and what she is going to do with the rest of her life, or at least, thinking about getting into a university, Ash is thinking about Miss Murray. She is definitely feeling some attraction to her teacher, and Ash is sure that her teacher is feeling some attraction to her. Ash is looking for any excuse to stay after class and talk to Miss Murray. When she and Robyn work on a debate together, and win, Miss Murray invites Ash to join the debate club. Suddenly Ash feels the desire to do well in English, actually reading Wuthering Heights and liking it. It doesn't look like anything is going well for Ash until she walks into her English class for the first time and meets Miss Murray, fresh out of college, full of enthusiasm and very cool. And then there is the falling out with her best-friend-since-they- were-eight Cat, only to finally make up when Ash thinks she may be pregnant. In no time, he is involved with a woman from work, Elaine, who has a son around the same age as Ash.
Things are really awkward at home until they finally tell Ash that they are divorcing and her dad moves out. But when Dylan talks her into having unprotected sex with him, Ash is definitely not happy about it afterward and begins to avoid him. It's the beginning of Ashleigh Walker's last year of high school and she isn't looking forward to it.
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