Choices Recently I came across a book named If I stay by Gayle Forman. The book was released back in 2009 and a movie was later made based on the book. The book is about Mia and her family. They are eating breakfast one morning, when her mother hears on the radio that school is canceled do to a snow day. As her family planes what to do with their day off. Mia looks in the newspaper and sees news about her boyfriend Adam 's band. She planned to go to his concert that night, but she also wants to practice her cello. Mia is a passionate and gifted cellist who is confident that her recent audition will gain her an acceptance into Juilliard. Unfortunately she left her cello at school and is unable to rehires, so she decides to spend quality time
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A similar situation happened in her hometown, but I was a young man who’s family was in a tragic accident, leaving him the only survivor. She writes about how the community comes together to help raise this young man. I really enjoyed this book and the fact that in since it was based on a true story. The book was also showing how many sacrifices parents do for their children that we may never know about. In the book Mia’s parents were rock stars. Her dad played in a band and her mother followed her father everywhere on this tours. Mia’s father decided to give up his passion for music when his wife became pregnant with their second child he chose to take on a new career as a high school English teacher to be able to raise his family in a normal home set. When he later finds about Mia’s passion for the cello he decided to sell his drum set to buy Mia’s her very own cello. “You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it 's out of your control.”(Forman 2) While reading the book it was a little confusing do to the fact that it was going back and forth between past and present times. Other than that I would recommend this story to anyone who likes these kinds of book. I already started reading the second book called where she
A similar situation happened in her hometown, but I was a young man who’s family was in a tragic accident, leaving him the only survivor. She writes about how the community comes together to help raise this young man. I really enjoyed this book and the fact that in since it was based on a true story. The book was also showing how many sacrifices parents do for their children that we may never know about. In the book Mia’s parents were rock stars. Her dad played in a band and her mother followed her father everywhere on this tours. Mia’s father decided to give up his passion for music when his wife became pregnant with their second child he chose to take on a new career as a high school English teacher to be able to raise his family in a normal home set. When he later finds about Mia’s passion for the cello he decided to sell his drum set to buy Mia’s her very own cello. “You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it 's out of your control.”(Forman 2) While reading the book it was a little confusing do to the fact that it was going back and forth between past and present times. Other than that I would recommend this story to anyone who likes these kinds of book. I already started reading the second book called where she