I LOVED everything about this novel; I don’t know why I was so worried it was going to be greyhound cruel..I’ve got a page of quotes that I loved from Tenderfoot…things like ‘Sometimes I think andie at twelve was the original..other times it seems these past andies are distinct enough to be different people altogether’ (doesn’t that just hit you in the feels) and gosh all the nostalgia- I had completely forgotten my dad pouring the Vincent’s powder down his throat- ‘an olde world Red Bull’ I adore this novel. A beautiful coming of age story I’m saying is as beautiful as To Kill a Mockingbird with Boy Swallows Universe charm. I love everything about it. I can picture me thinking about this one for a long time to come! (like today I was thinking about being called Goanna in school, no one calls me that anymore, different person? A ghost of myself?…A row of Anna’s lined up? hahaha so much to love…
