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ISBN: 1594486034 (ISBN13: 9781594486036)
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No Book but the World Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages
Rating: 3.36 | 801 Users | 204 Reviews

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Title:No Book but the World
Author:Leah Hager Cohen
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 320 pages
Published:April 3rd 2014 by Riverhead Books (first published March 27th 2014)
Categories:Fiction. Literary Fiction. Family. Contemporary. Novels

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A gripping, morally complex novel that asks: How much do grown siblings owe one another?

At the edge of a woods, on the grounds of a defunct "free school," Ava and her brother, Fred, shared a dreamy and seemingly idyllic childhood—a world defined largely by their imaginations and the presence of each other.

Decades later, then, when Ava learns that her brother is being held in a county jail for a shocking crime, she is frantic to piece together what actually happened. Fred has always been different, certainly impaired, never evaluated. Their parents frowned upon labels and diagnoses as much as they did formal instruction and societal constraints. Now, however, the parents are gone, the siblings grown apart, a boy is dead and Fred in jail, and Ava is forced to wonder: is it her job to save her brother? What is our obligation to those we love—and to those we find difficult to love? Convinced that she alone will be able to reach him and explain his innocence to the world, Ava endeavors to tell their enthralling story.

Leah Hager Cohen brings her trademark intelligence and grace to a rich, morally ambiguous story that suggests we may ultimately fathom one another best not with facts alone, but through our imaginations.
 

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Ratings: 3.36 From 801 Users | 204 Reviews

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The title of this book is taken from Rousseaus philosophy of education that children should learn by free exploration of the world rather than sitting at desks learning from books. And the main characters, siblings, Ava & Fred experience just such an unconventional childhood as a result of their parents belief in this ideal. It is a beautifully written & thoughtful story told by a grown-up Ava through her own eyes & the experiences of others close to her. Because of their wild &



Interesting read. Liked her character development lots.

LOVED this one. Plenty of surprises.

No Book but the World, by Leah Hager Cohen Take an arresting theme, what happens to children raised in a "Summerhill" type of environment, then screw it up with some dreadful creative writing class prose and you'll have No Book but the World. The prose ranges from deeply mauve to downright swampy The writer has no depth, except in the places she'll take her reader.Just when you think you have a plot or a character going, she pulls the carpet out presse-presse. Be it car accident or sex scene,

I am not officially reviewing this but got my hands on an arc through a friend. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I don't normally like going between past and present in novels, it is fitting in this story. Ava examines her free schooling past to try and understand how her troubled brother ended up at the heart of a crime involving the death of a young boy. It shows how having a carefree, unstructured upbringing may not always be the best for every child. It is an exposure of how denying problems can

Ava and Fred are raised outside of 'the system', in accordance with their parents' theory that children should discover the world instead of having it explained to them. Their father also dislikes conformity of all sorts, and discourages them from being part of any group of citizens. Autistic Fred would have been an outsider regardless of how he was raised, but Ava has mainstream desires for friendship and belonging. Ava soon takes a stand for these things and receives a mainstream education,

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