Name: I taket lyser stjärnorna
ISBN: 9789127087057

Johanna Thydell

Jenna på 13 er en ganske almindelig pige. Men ud over venindeskænderier og kærestesorger har hun et langt større problem. Hendes mor er meget syg af kræft og bliver hele tiden dårligere

I taket lyser stjärnorna

Rebecka S.

** spoiler alert **
           I was supposed to read this book in my book club but my mother had just died and I was not ready for it. I later received the book from a bookcrossing shelf.

This book brings back so many memories for me. I remember my teenage years and a my mothers death. The writer is great with building scenarios and describing episodes which I can relate to. With her words she brings me right back into my teenage self remembering my first crush, period, disco and just the feelings and smells of my teenage life.

And then it is the story about her mothers cancer. My mother did not die of cancer but I do remember sitting in the hospital holding her hand. I remember the typical yellow Swedish waffle blanket. I remember the smells, the knot in my stomach, the fear. The different “deals” you do in your head “if my mum lives I will do this….”

She even describes everything that happens after. How you carry your grief in your chest and it just won’t come out. The looks people give you. How they act around you. The feeling of being a burden for others. “Why can’t she just stop being sad?”
Hating everybody but really loving the people that are there for you and loving you. The people that gives you time to heal.

I taket lyser stjärnorna

Reviews

Highlights