Review: Peace I leave to you to ask Oh River

Author: Lyda Phillips

ISBN: 0595361722

To effectively with difficult topics related to a teenage audience, such as suicide, brother grief, guilt, anger, rejection, abnormal behavior, denial, and bullying is not an easy task and we want to deduct a certain amount of audacity and courage of the author. This is exactly what is done with Lyda Phillips got his latest novel, Peace I ask Thee O River, and that they have fulfilledadmirable.

Phillips tells the story of a typical American 18-year-old Eleanor, or as they prefer to be called El, which meets as a counselor at a school for girls summer camp in North Carolina with a troubled teenager, Tiffin Ramsey. Tiffin is the nephew of former Senator Joe Ramsey, huge racial segregation in 1950 and is also the governor's daughter Cameron Ramsey who has presidential ambitions.

For six weeks during the summer months, the RamseyCampaigns and are not very keen Tiffin way with them. Therefore, they decided to Tiffin at Camp Nichia, where they feel would benefit from the experience of the field to join. They gave specific instructions that have no special treatment and that fewer campers know her better. You also have the supervisor of the camp that Tiffin has provided some minor behavioral problems.

This novel is a compelling and well writtenin which the author reveals a sense of place in the recording posted when the atmosphere "clickish" cruel and sometimes shows a girl's camp and the mistreatment of some of the campers from their colleagues' passions pressure cooker, Girls in Love the other to hate each other torture, so that up to pray legends, traditions, after crushing, and plays favorites. "

It 's a story of painful emotions, with an experience of 18 years, is forced by anotherdisturbed teenager who finally becomes a profound and lasting effect on his psyche. Think about your own behavior, wondering if they have to pity or protectiveness El?

Without doubt, this novel raise some very interesting questions. As you walk around with a family tragedy and you want to share tips and help, especially if you're only eighteen years old and inexperienced?