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A review by lindseylitlivres
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
5.0
I’m SO glad I read this!
This is told through the perspectives of four teenagers living in or connected to Fairbanks, AK. The novel is broken up into four parts for each season of 1970 and examines the role of family - either the one you’re born into or the one you’re brought into - and how different families coexist in an Alaskan community to support each other.
It’s rare that I wish a book could be longer so that I could spend more time with these characters (actually, I don’t if I’ve ever experienced that with a book). Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock is brilliant at describing a setting very simply but making you feel completely immersed in the setting (if you’ve read “The Samurai’s Garden” by Gail Tsukiyama, it’s a very similar experience).
This was an easy five starts for me, and I did not expect to be as teary as I was. “The Smell of Other People’s Houses” will grip you instantly.
This is told through the perspectives of four teenagers living in or connected to Fairbanks, AK. The novel is broken up into four parts for each season of 1970 and examines the role of family - either the one you’re born into or the one you’re brought into - and how different families coexist in an Alaskan community to support each other.
It’s rare that I wish a book could be longer so that I could spend more time with these characters (actually, I don’t if I’ve ever experienced that with a book). Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock is brilliant at describing a setting very simply but making you feel completely immersed in the setting (if you’ve read “The Samurai’s Garden” by Gail Tsukiyama, it’s a very similar experience).
This was an easy five starts for me, and I did not expect to be as teary as I was. “The Smell of Other People’s Houses” will grip you instantly.