That Summer By: Sarah Dessen

This is my silent reading novel of choice, and I'd have to say that the story of Haven is a story that the young at heart can relate to. I really enjoyed as much of the book that I've read so far, which sadly is only about 36 pages, but I'm planning on really getting some time to focus on it during the long weekend. Ever since her mother and fathers divorce Haven has been a changed women, having to deal with her father's news of his affair with a women only two years older than her sister and her sister decided finally to settle down with the most unexpected guy in town.

Understanding the story through Haven's perspective has really got me thinking about how some families go through the worst struggles with Parents splitting up. I don't know what I would do without my parents being together, I don't think I could handle them fighting amongst each other and having to be quiet about letting them bicker. Divorce has to be the hardest thing to put children through. It's hard to look at women in society who marry simply to get half of what the man is worth, these girls are called "Gold-diggers" and unfortunately it is a popular trend nowadays. I'm starting to think that this "weatherpet", (Lorna Queen, who is the girl Haven's father is going to remarry with) is a gold-digger and is only interested in him because he is wealthy and popular. There has to be perks to it I don't see her sticking around if she wasn't getting something horribly important out of it given his age and her immaturity.

Not only is this whole divorce issue hard for Haven to coop with , but there's also the other side of the story with her sister who is 20 getting married for the first time and leaving home. Even though siblings fight a lot there is no reason why Haven would miss her sister Ashley. Being together in the same household all of their lives and now things were going to change and she was going to be without bother her sister and her father. She is to be alone in a torn household with her divorce crazed mother who is keeping herself so busy she doesn't even have time to think about it. Now that I can really relate the story to events through and or heard about it's interesting to see how the story will fold out. No two stories are the same if given through a different perspective, and the story told through the eyes of the older sister or the mother would be interesting to see as well.