Peeling the Onion

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Summary: Emotional and intriguing
Review: This was a very good book, that always kept me hooked. Some parts were very disturbing and emotional, but this book really taught me lessons about life. I would highly reccomend it to people who enjoy reading books about drama's and tradgedies. Even if you don't enjoy these genres, I still think it is a great book to read.

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Summary: A very moving and inspirational story.
Review: TITLE: PEELING THE ONION This is a book about a popular, funny, pretty girl named Anna Lockwood. That is, before her accident. After a car accident with her boyfriend, Anna finds that nothing will ever be the same again. As she sinks into a deep depression, Anna feels that she has no purpose in this life at all. Well, now that Luke has entered her life, she must face who she is and what she wants to do in life and that scares her... I loved this book! I have never read a book that is so emotional and so real. I know I could identify with Anna, and so could many others. She takes on the characteristics of any everyday teenager now. I would recommend this to anyone willing to read.

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Summary: Insightful and Moving
Review: What does is feel like to break your neck? What happens when part of you is stripped away? These are the questions that Anna Duncan faces after a terrible car accident takes away her body's health and her ability to play karate. "Peeling The Onion" is a very honest book. We see snatches (in italicized letters) of Anna's thoughts and feelings and reactions, and the author particuarly focuses on how Anna's life changes. One thing I especially liked about his book was how the author didn't always try to make Anna this upbeat, happy role model of a character and really created someone like us. It is very apparent how agonizing and painful Anna's recovery (not even a total recovery) was, and how difficult it is to have part of your identity stripped away. The suffering and painful soul-searching only make the hopeful ending even better...and finally, we see (as Anna does) that "peeling the onion....even though it makes you cry" is sometimes the only way to discover yourself.

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Summary: Peeling the Onion
Review: When I read this book I was moved by the author's writing, it made me feel like I was a part of the story. Although the debilitating effects of the car crash are similar in occurance to Cynthia Voigt's Izzy Willy Nilly, I felt this book took a deeper look at the relationships that were affected due to the accident. It took you through the emotional rollercoster unlike Voigt's book to which I had less of a personal reaction. I would like to reccommend this book to everybody.

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Summary: Peeling The Onion
Review: When It comes to reading, I have always liked reading books which themes relate to seeking the real identity of one self. The questions of "who am I really" and "who do I want to be" or what is more important to me and society, the inner beauty or external beauty. Peeling The Onion by Wendy Orr is abook which describes the changes in the life of Anna after a terrible car accident, how she faces the uncertainty of not knowing who she really is without her physical beauty, her health and her ability to do what she loves most in life, karate. I Love this book because I learned that the things mentioned above don't define who you really are, that is just part of the external beauty. The author does a very good job in making clear what peeling the onion means, the number of layers that hide the real self. I put myself in the place of Anna and try to figure out what comes to be my real identity after taking away my looks, my friends, and my sports. In a way the book helps me find my true self and how do I view myself in society. I think the book is insightful because it also brings up a very philosophical issue about the the existance of God and his justice upon belivers.