A review by phoebemurtagh
When JFK Was My Father by Amy Gordon

4.0

I liked this book. It didn't exactly have a fairy tale ending, but that meant it was more realistic, and it surprised me with how... fulfilling a believable story can be, in that I couldn't predict the ending, and how it was kind-of a sad-but-ultimately-happier finish that spoke to life. A story is nothing, however, without good characters. Luckily, there are plenty of well-constructed, slightly strange, but again, believable characters that keep the story afloat. I think the target age is probably those between 11 and 15, not necessarily for girls younger than that, but I (as a mid-life teen) enjoyed it and really appreciate this story.