Reviews for Like Venus fading

The average rating for Like Venus fading based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-07 00:00:00 Judith Thatch Like Sisters on the Homefront Like Sisters on the Homefront is a realistic fiction book by Rita Williams-Garcia. The theme of the book is to have self esteem and not to envy others with more than you. Like Sisters on the Homefront is mainly about a young girl named Gayle , who has a baby and she has recently had an abortion. Her mother sends her to live with her cousins but she does not enjoy anything in Atlanta, Georgia and she often says things like: “I want to go back to my friends and Jose’s daddy” When Gayle begins speaking with her grandmother she learns many things about her family’s history and some things help her decide on her future, like how she will raise Jose and how she will live her life. When Gayle goes back home she also starts treating her old friends and her mom different, more respectfully. And she stops calling Jose’s daddy names. But overall her experience in Atlanta taught her that she needs to have more respect for herself due to the fact that she is 14 years old and has a baby. I would recommend this book to young women who maybe live in an urban area or young single mothers because this book helps people to understand how life is for a young single mother who comes to realize that she needs to stop envying her friends and take better care of her son. I liked this book because it kind of gives reader’s who don’t have kids and who aren’t really from an urban area an idea on what goes on in a young girl’s mind when she feels alone in a place where no one really cares. If you like Soul food books for teens I would recommend Like Sisters on the Homefront because Soul food talks about daily things that teens go through like sex, drugs, and peer pressure.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-07-12 00:00:00 James W Kieckhefer This is still popular with adolescents despite being over 20 years old so I had been wanting to read it. It is fast paced and dramatic. The dialect is a little dated, but gives the book style. I enjoyed Gayle's inner monologue and how the author used it to reveal how she was changing. Preachy and straightforward in parts but overall still a realistic look at attitudes about teen pregnancy.