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Looking for Lucie Amanda Addison – Bookread2day


LOOKING FOR LUCIE BY AMANDA ADDISON

Paperback published by Neem Tree Press

ISBN 9781911107682

Where are you really from? It’s a question every brown girl in a white-washed town is familiar with, and one that Lucie has never been able to answer. All she knows is that her mother is white, she’s never met her father, and she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She can’t even talk about it because everyone says it shouldn’t matter. Well, it matters to Lucie and with her new friend Nav, who knows exactly who he is she determined to find some answers. What do you do when you question your entire existence? You do a DNA test.

MY REVIEW

I have my fingers crossed, I’m not telling a lie, Looking for Lucie is hundred percent a page turner. This splendid novel in my view isn’t just for YA readers it’s for any reader. I literally got hooked from page one up,until the last page. I highly recommend this novel to every book blogger and book clubs. I felt really sorry for Lucie, being able to not tell anyone her feelings about wanting to know who her father really is. Lucie is always told the same old story by her mother that, she doesn’t know who her real father is, and that Lucie’s mother used an anonymous sperm donor. Lucie’s stepdad who she only knows, calls him dad. Lucie looks nothing like the rest of her family. Steve her dad, is blonde,blue-eyed, Maisie, Lucie’s sister, is also blonde, with blue eyes, while Lucie has caramel brown skin, dark green eyes. What is more upsetting for Lucie, is every time she meets someone,she is asked the same questions, where is she from, when Lucie tells them Norfolk, that simply isn’t enough for someone people, they question Lucie more, they want to know her biological father’s origins. Soon Lucie starts to question her DNA, she send a sample sending of her DNA, off, to find out who her real father is. All Lucie can do now is wait anxiously for the email to drop in her in box with the results. I too was nervous for Lucie waiting for that moment of the email of truth. As a this is a touching story I don’t think I’ve ever felt that nervous reading a book before.

About author Amanda Addison

Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children. Her writing has been translated into German, Greek, Italian and Ukrainian. Her picture book, Boundless Sky, was nominated for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal, and her YA novel, Looking for Lucie, was listed for the Searchlight Writing Novel Opening Award. A graduate of Chelsea school of Art, her writing and artwork are inspired by travel, textiles, and the natural world. Amanda holds an MA in Writing the Visual and lectures in Art & Design and has also led workshops in Creative Writing at the National Centre for Writing. Amanda lives in Norfolk, UK, with her family.

Her writing includes flash fiction, short stories, picture books and novels. She explores themes of home and belonging, and enjoys using the juxtaposition of rural and city life. Her characters are often artists or scientists, as their curiosity about the world around them are two sides to the same coin, and the exploration of art and science can give us meaning and purpose in life with its infinite avenues of discovery. Amanda’s debut YA novel, Looking for Lucie, Neem Tree Press 2024, explores the above. It is a contemporary story of identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship. Lucie, an 18-year-old art student sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history with her new scientist friend Nav. Together they unravel family secrets.

Amanda believes in the power of stories as a window on the world, and a mirror to better see ourselves and is passionate about stories which are empowering and inclusive. When not writing she can be found swimming in the North Sea or running in the countryside, and that is when she gets some of her best ideas! https://Twitter.com/AmandaAuthorArt https://www.instagram.com/amandaauthorsart https://www.amandaaddison.com



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