Monday, September 10, 2012

All These Things I've Done / Gabrielle Zevin / 354 pages

This book is set in the dystopian future where chocolate and coffee have been banned and all paper books have been pulped and recycled into something useful like toilet paper.  In less than a year Anya Balanchine has landed two boyfriends in the hospital.  One was poisoned by the contraband chocolate bars produced by her family's chocolate business, and the other was shot at the prom by a family member attempting to kill her brother.  Anya is a good /Catholic girl attending Holy Trinity School.  She is attempting to hold her family together.  Her mom and dad were murdered.  Her grandma is on life support.  Her older brother, Leo, is mentally impaired.  Anya tries to keep him and her little sister safe.  She is drawn into the intrugue surrounding her family's chocolate empire and is attracted to the son of the  D. A.  She saves his life but is imprisoned for possession of a firearm.  May god forgive her for this, and all the things she's done.  This is an excellent read, thought-provoking and motivational.

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