Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
Read this book. At first glance, I thought this was just going to be another
“pink” book aka problem novel. But, boy, was I wrong. Instead, I fell in love with
A.S. King all over again.
When I try to summarize this book for potential readers, it
sounds dull and kind of weird. Astrid
Jones spends a lot of time lying on her back on her picnic table “sending up
love” to unknown passengers on planes that fly overhead. That, and she’s trying to figure out whether
she’s gay or not. What that summary
doesn’t give you is Astrid’s voice, the fullness of her personality. If you only paid attention to a summary, you’d miss
how much Astrid loves: loves her family,
loves her girlfriend, loves her sister.
Her capacity for love is so great.
So, in the end, Astrid sends up love, kind of figures our
her gayness, and accepts her family for what they are and what they can be. She’s lucky; she can “do whatever [she] wants”. Really. Read it. You'll love it.
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