![]() ![]() When I began reading Absolute Brightness I hadn’t been expecting something quite so deep. ![]() It is a book about love and hate and the complexity of human behaviour. Rating: 4.25/5 Review Absolute Brightness is a thought provoking and heartbreaking book. Genre: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, LGBT, Mystery, Contemporary, Coming of Age This novel by the cofounder of The Trevor Project inspired the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway show The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. Phoebe, her family, and her community fight to understand what happened, and to make sense of why someone might want to extinguish the beautiful absolute brightness that was Leonard Pelkey. He sees people not as they are, but as they hope to be. When he comes to live with Phoebe’s family, he upsets the delicate balance of their lives. Leonard is an orphan, a cousin who Phoebe never knew she had. But everything changes when Leonard arrives. ![]() She helps her mom out with her hair salon, she goes to school, and she envies her perfect older sister. Phoebe’s life in Neptune, New Jersey, is somewhat unremarkable. Welcome to my stop on the Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne blog tour! Check out my review, visit the other stops on the tour, and make sure to enter the giveaway to win a copy of Absolute Brightness!įrom Academy Award-winning writer, actor, and activist in the LGBTQ community comes a groundbreaking story about love, prejudice, and being yourself. ![]()
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