Recommendation: What Happened to Lani Garver
A reader recommends…
What Happened to Lani Garver
A Novel
A Novel
This is a fantastic story, probably my favorite book of all time. It takes place in a small town, containing a limited population with limited openness. It unravels a tale about a young cancer victim named Claire and her encounter with a strange ‘boy’ named Lani. Eventually, the two become friends, and between a potential recurrence of Claire’s disease and the conflict between Lani and gay-bashing highschoolers, a beautiful, sad, and inspiring story reveals itself to the reader. It teaches a life-altering lesson: “be kind to everyone, because you never know when you’re meeting an angel.”
Posted by Zory on October 18th, 2009 at 08:00 am
Category: books, recommendations 7 comments »
October 18th, 2009 at 9:23 am |
Synchronicity! I packed up my bookshelves yesterday and came across this book, and totally woke up this morning intending to write a recommendation of it for Genderfork, because I love me some genderqueer Lani.
I, however, couldn’t have been as concise or compelling as Zory in explaining the book. Consider this recommendation seconded wholeheartedly!
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October 18th, 2009 at 1:56 pm |
Sounds like a good story. Will definitely add to my book list ^_^
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October 18th, 2009 at 4:28 pm |
I’ve read it. Great book!
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October 18th, 2009 at 11:58 pm |
I read this a long long time ago, and it was one of my favorite books then – I think it’s due for a reread.
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October 19th, 2009 at 12:00 am |
Eli, I didn’t write the recommendation, an anonymous reader did! =)
I’m curious to read it, I’ll have to add it to my list as well!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm |
It has absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever. ,
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:16 am |
Favorite. Book. Ever.
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