{Flashback Friday} Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (13)

Flashback Friday on Swoony Boys Podcast featuring Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

It’s time for Flashback Friday, where we feature a book that’s at least two years old. They could be books we’ve read and loved or books we need to jump on.

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Published on 3/31/2003 by Knopf Books for Young Readers

Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastians, a boys’ school that’s pretends it’s coed by giving the girls their own bathroom. Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an an impossibly dorky accordion player. The boys are no better, from Thomas who specializes in musical burping to Will, the perpetually frowning, smug moron that Francesca can’t seem to stop thinking about.

Then there’s Francesca’s mother, who always thinks she knows what’s best for Francesca—until she is suddenly stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost, alone, and without an inkling who she really is. Simultaneously humorous, poignant, and impossible to put down, this is the story of a girl who must summon the strength to save her family, her social life and—hardest of all—herself.

Melina Marchetta is a genius, and this is one of our favorite books ever.

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Comments

  1. leydylaura says

    This is actually a good idea for a meme. I will have to start this soon 🙂

    Leydy @OUaT & RCE

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