![]() ![]() Unlike most young adult books, Unbecoming contains an LGBT character without the need for the book to be entirely devoted to the issues of LGBT acceptance and romance. The book follows the story of three characters: Katie, who’s struggling with her sexuality, her mum Caroline, who’s struggling with just about everything, and Katie’s grandmother Mary, who has Alzheimer’s and who has just lost her long term partner. The power behind such wonderful writing will make you think and question whether you’ve really determined the extraordinary richness behind the lives of people you might generally consider entirely average. Unbecoming is a long, thoughtful book that covers three family stories, giving us three beautifully explained situations. It sounded very stereotypical, and to be honest, just like every other young adult book out there. I’m generally a bit wary of Jenny Downham as an author because I did not enjoy Before I Die, and when I read the blurb for her most recent work, I wasn’t intrigued. ![]() They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but the cover of Unbecoming is beautiful, and the story inside even more so. ![]() ![]() Reviewed by Katie Hodgkinson, Medical Student ![]()
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