Recommend Me is a weekly event hosted by Kate at The Neverending Shelf. All you have to do to participate is share a book that you loved reading for whatever reason. It can be something you read yesterday or years ago. If you have a second try it and let me know! I’d love to hear what books you have to recommend.

My choice for this week:

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published by Vintage Books

Publishers Summary: As a child, Kathy–now thirty-one years old–lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory.
And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbed–even comforted–by their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham’s nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood–and about their lives now.

“On my top ten books for writing brilliance. Ishiguro crafts a beautiful story that unfolds layer by layer as you turn each page. In his novel Never Let Me Go Ishiguro examines not only the complexities behind modern advancements in science, but also deep and often times manipulative relationships. It’s hard to find it’s equal, I believe. Ishiguro’s story is touching and one that left me thinking about the things I value most in my life, namely my family and my freedom.

“For fans of dystopian fiction this is a book not to be missed. It’s a book that will have you thinking throughout every page and for days after you put it down. Just brilliant.”

The1stdaughter Recommends: Ages 16 and up. Due to mature scenes.

Other Titles You  may want to check out:

The Giver by Lois Lowry (Read my Review Here)
A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

These books were purchased for our home library.
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