Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Last night I finished reading Lois Lowry’s On the Horizon, and–wow.

I mean, wow.

So. To the best of my knowledge, Lois Lowry has never written a verse novel before, although technically this one is billed as “World War II Reflections” and listed as nonfiction, so I guess a verse memoir? Either way, this was incredible. I had no idea Lowry was born in Hawaii a few years before Pearl Harbor and then lived in Japan for two years shortly after the war ended, but her experiences enable her to speak of the wartime tragedies of both nations with a sensitivity and sorrow I found profoundly moving. More of my words aren’t going to do On the Horizon justice, however, so honestly–just read it. It’s SO short yet SO good, it’s just plain worth the time of everyone old enough to appreciate it.