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Title: Unbecoming

Author: Jenny Downham

Narrator: Jenny Downham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-16

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Three women - three secrets - one heart-stopping story.

Katie, 17, in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal. Her mother, Caroline, uptight, worn out and about to find the past catching up with her. Katie's grandmother, Mary, back with the family after years of mysterious absence and capable of anything, despite suffering from Alzheimer's.

As Katie cares for an elderly woman who brings daily chaos to her life, she finds herself drawn to her. Rules get broken as allegiances shift. Is Mary contagious? Is badness genetic? In confronting the past, Katie is forced to seize the present. As Mary slowly unravels and family secrets are revealed, Katie learns to live and finally dares to love.

Members Reviews:

All the skin around her mouth wrinkles like a drawstring on a purse

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham is one of those books you eagerly pick up when you have time to relax.

Ms. Downham is a gifted story teller. She has that rare quality of describing common sights in with fresh analogies bringing vivid images to mind. For example, âPat brings the cigarette to her lips and takes a long pull. All the skin around her mouth wrinkles like a drawstring on a purse.â Perfect image!

The story is centered on a teenager, her mother, and grandmother, each with their demons and gifts which have been influenced by their interrelationships. How the women respond to challenges like peer pressure, aging, homosexuality, abandonment, rings so true and resonated in me.

The book is full of suspense which compelled me to keep reading just one more short chapter before I had to put the book down. I also enjoyed learning a little about the differences in the social networks and support in the UK vs the US.

Thanks for the pleasure.

Unbecoming

A well written book that shows the sad, fearful side of someone suffering from dementia and the joyful, happy side when the same person can share memories and "be in the moment." The Editorial Review on Amazon stated that this book was for Grades 9 and up. I am a peer of Mary's age but I enjoyed learning about the lives and struggles of the rest of the immediate family and how Mary impacted them.

Unbecoming's characters are devastatingly delightful

So delighted to read this novel that touches on so many points and relates to absolutely more than one generation.

I am extraordinarily sensitive to storylines that touch on Alzheimer's disease. Jenny does so while touching on the storylines of the other characters affected by the disease as well. Bravo.

Excellent book!

Outstanding writing, good character development, interesting story line.

Enjoyable read

This story kept my interest. Realistic characters and emotions. .