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I can't remember what happened with who Molly was with. I remember it wasn't who he was suppose to be.
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I believe there was a guy from where they used to live (New York, London?) who both girls liked. He was not whom he seemed to be and posed as some guy who Molly met and ended up working with him at.. a restaurant? but he was disguising himself and said his name was...the same guy that her sister was seeing. Think he was after something of their mothers?
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Yes that was it.
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She didn't have it easy, for sure.
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Just started reading 'Somewhere in Between'. I know its not based on Melissa's life, but I believe.. inspired by it.
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What's it about?
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This is the Aus cover, The USA over is here
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I might pass on that. Immigration is a touchy subject right now. I'm a believer in deporting those that are here illegally. I don't have a problem with immigrates. Just do it the right and legal way. The description kind of reminds me of a news story not long ago. There was a high school girl that got a full scholarship and she was bragging on twitter or fb about how she was here illegally.
Also Melissa posted on twitter not long ago on how I think it was recently or that day where her and her husband were flying to Paris and when they got in Paris they were stopped bc they didn't realized their visas was expired or something like that. Customs actually let them through and didn't hold them for long. __________________
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Yeah, I know it's a touchy subject at the moment, but I thought the book was great. I think every immigration case is different and should be treated as such. I don't have anything against immigrants, I feel for those who want to make a better life. But there are cases like Jasmine's who grew up in the US, has everything going for her -- getting a scholarship and about to go to college to realise their visas have expired, and I guess were too afraid to say anything and hoping something would come up like a bill or law that will help them.
It was a heartfelt and emotional story. I can understand how Jasmine and her family would not want to go back to the Phillipines after making a life in the US, knowing that's where they belonged, yet the government doesn't always agree. Her father annoyed me with his negativity, preparing to be deported, even when there was hope. I guess he was preparing for the worst. I also felt for their parents. They came to the country on temporary working visas when they got jobs with a family friend, but when that business went under and he went back home, her parents visas then were invalid since I guess they were for that particular job, so fearing of deportation, they tried to find work without having to show their papers; which worked for a while , til now. I'm in the mind that if you come on purpose illegally, then yes, you should be deported; but if you came on a visa but certain circumstances changed that, that there should be a way to work things out especially if you have been there for a long time and its home for you. Like this story. I was reading Melissa's author note at the end of the book how she drew on her experiences when she and her family immigrated when she was 13, and she had trouble with the immigration process and it took over 20 years to get her green card and citizenship. Last edited by Stay to the Lights; 03-08-2017 at 05:21 AM |
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I don't know anything about the story behind this, but this came out earlier this month
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Finally met Melissa at Book Con. So worth it And bought the sequel to summer in east end, and her new book, Alex and Eliza.
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That's great.
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I had been wanting to meet her for years, so it was worth it. Looking forward to the 2nd YA witches book. And her other one, which I don't know the history behind. But something that its related to hamilton?
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