Blog Tour Review - Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison
Blog Tour Review - Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison "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's determined to find some answers. What do you do when your entire existence is a question with no answer? You do a DNA test. Looking for Lucie is a fascinating look at what it is like growing up mixed race in contemporary Britain. It's a story about family and culture, and what they can mean for different people, as Lucie tries to figure out where she fits into the world. She doesn't look like any of the rest of her family, and her ethnicity is impossible to figure o
Really enjoyed your answers; the questions are so fun and clever. I've never actually read Alice in Wonderland or seen the film, though I probably should. 🙈
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Thank you Amy. Yes, you probably should. Make sure you read Through the Looking Glass too, I actually prefer it.
DeleteMost of the films don't stick too well to the books, though I love the trippy animated Disney one.