Learning to Breathe, Janice Lynn Mather
Learning to Breathe, Janice Lynn Mather
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Learning to Breathe

Author: Janice Lynn Mather

Narrator: Chrystal Bethell

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2018

Synopsis

Indira Ferguson has done her best to live by her Grammy's rules-to study hard in school, to be respectful, and to never let a boy take advantage of her. But it hasn't always been easy, especially while living in her mother's shadow. When Indy is sent to live with distant relatives in Nassau, trouble follows her. Now she must hide an unwanted pregnancy from her aunt, who would rather throw her out onto the street than see the truth. Completely broke with only a hand-me-down pregnancy book as a resource, Indy desperately looks for a safe space to call home. After stumbling upon a yoga retreat, she wonders if perhaps she's found the place. But Indy is about to discover that home is much bigger than just four walls and a roof-it's about the people she chooses to share it with.

About Janice Lynn Mather

Janice Lynn Mather is a Bahamian writer with an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She has been a collector of interesting jobs: journalist, conversationalist, performance poet, and professional finger-wagger. Currently, she lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she hunches over her computer, grows vegetables, dabbles at the beach, reads in the sun, grumbles at the rain, and, most of all, writes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke on July 18, 2018

3.5 stars......more

Goodreads review by Lisa (Remarkablylisa) on June 20, 2018

MY RATING: 4/5 STARS I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a honest review. I went in with knowing extremely little about Learning To Breathe because it was sent to me unsolicited by the publisher and actually, it worked in my favor. Because I didn't know much about it except for the fa......more

Goodreads review by Jherane on January 03, 2020

A hopeful and bittersweet YA novel about healing, teenage pregnancy, families, and finding community. TW: Rape I've been avoiding this book for a while because I didn't think I could read another book about a Caribbean girl being raped, but I'm glad the author crafted the story to focus on Indira's......more

Goodreads review by Liza on July 10, 2018

Learning to Breathe is the perfect novel for the #MeToo movement. It sucks you right into Indira's difficult life, which only becomes more challenging when her mom ships her off to her aunt's house in Nassau. The rich language and vivid description will take the reader on the painful journey Indira......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on December 24, 2018

This is one where the book would be so much stronger is the approach to storytelling was different. The disruptive non-linear sequences combined with the italicized sections make it hard to read and get into the flow. Readers are in love and rooting for Indira especially with her “loose” mother who......more

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