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Bondoux, Anne-Laure

Life as It Comes

211 pp. | Delacorte | February, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-90390-5 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90391-2 $18.99
(4) YA Translated by Y. Maudet. After their parents' death, Mado becomes the ward of her heedless older sister, Patty. When Patty gets pregnant, Mado gains even more responsibilities and learns to accept Patty as she is. The translation from the French is adept if not always idiomatic, and implausible plot points--a whirlwind romance, Patty's utter flakiness, the problem-free home birth--are eased by vividly portrayed emotions.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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