Summary
With Ashley's mother out of the picture, she is left to pick up the broken peaces. She has never been alone before, so she does not know how things work. the bills are piling up on the table and the bank wants the house, she has no where to go and no one to turn to. So she starts looking for a place to live, it was not as easy as she thought it was, she had no money and no job so no one would rent her a place to stay. To make her situation a little easier she decide to have a yard seal to make some money. Things started out great and she made some money. One thing that Ashley can't stop thinking about is what her friends will think of her, she does not want to get a job in a store because she fears that one of her friends will come in and she would have to serve them. She does not want anyone feeling sorry for her. Even though all of this had happened and it's been more then a month since her mom left she still think that her mom will come back and straight every thing out. It seems like Ashley's life is just filled with one bad news after the other, the night after her yard seal she found out that one of her friends is in jail. It turns out that the police found drugs in her car. With her mother gone and her friend in jail Ashley is truly all alone.
Quotation
" Don't expect me to feel sorry for you. You're a loser just like that drunk you call my father. The minute I can, I'm moving away and never coming back. You'll never see me again"(Bowsher 69).
Reaction
The night before Ashley's mother ran off they had a fight. Her mother was trying to tell her that they need to cut off on the way they are living. But all Ashley could think about was her self and how her mother was not thinking about her needs. Ashley was being very selfish she said some pretty nasty thing to her mother. But now that her mother is gone she wish she had never said such things and now she would do anything just to have her mother back in her life. You never know what you have until it's gone.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
My Lost and Found Life By: Melodie Bowsher page 1-62
Summary
Ashley Mitchell is one lucky girl. She has the perfect life she's popular, she has the cutest boyfriend, also she has a great fashion sense. But little did she know that her perfect life would become a nightmare. It all started one day when she came home after school to find a police officer at her door. Ashley was very puzzled because when she left for school that morning everything was fine and now she was being questioned by the police about her mother whereabouts. At first she did not take it seriously but the more questions she was asked she began to worry about her mother. She had no idea what the police wanted with her mother. She has never wanted her mother so bad in her life. Her perfect life was now turned upside down, her mom was accused of embezzling a million dollars and was no where to be found. With her mother out of her life Ashley felt alone and unwanted, this year was supposes to be the best year of her life she was graduating in five days, going to Hawaii for the summer, and of to university in the fall. But now that her mother was gone she had no future she had no one to turn to, she started hanging around with the wrong crowd. Ashley's life was going no where and fast.
quotation
"My heart was pounding and my face was hot with humiliation, but I maintained my icy control and survived the ceremony"(Bowsher 37).
Reaction
The whole school use to be her friend, the guys wanted to date her and the girls wanted to be her. She had all the friends she could ever want in the world, or so she thought. Now that Ashley needed them the most they all deserted her. They talked about her behind her back and pretend to not know her. This just shows that one must know who your true friends are. When the story of her mother came out no one bothered to asked her for her side of the story they all believed the roomers. This book teaches you that your true friends are the ones that stick with you through thick and thin.
Ashley Mitchell is one lucky girl. She has the perfect life she's popular, she has the cutest boyfriend, also she has a great fashion sense. But little did she know that her perfect life would become a nightmare. It all started one day when she came home after school to find a police officer at her door. Ashley was very puzzled because when she left for school that morning everything was fine and now she was being questioned by the police about her mother whereabouts. At first she did not take it seriously but the more questions she was asked she began to worry about her mother. She had no idea what the police wanted with her mother. She has never wanted her mother so bad in her life. Her perfect life was now turned upside down, her mom was accused of embezzling a million dollars and was no where to be found. With her mother out of her life Ashley felt alone and unwanted, this year was supposes to be the best year of her life she was graduating in five days, going to Hawaii for the summer, and of to university in the fall. But now that her mother was gone she had no future she had no one to turn to, she started hanging around with the wrong crowd. Ashley's life was going no where and fast.
quotation
"My heart was pounding and my face was hot with humiliation, but I maintained my icy control and survived the ceremony"(Bowsher 37).
Reaction
The whole school use to be her friend, the guys wanted to date her and the girls wanted to be her. She had all the friends she could ever want in the world, or so she thought. Now that Ashley needed them the most they all deserted her. They talked about her behind her back and pretend to not know her. This just shows that one must know who your true friends are. When the story of her mother came out no one bothered to asked her for her side of the story they all believed the roomers. This book teaches you that your true friends are the ones that stick with you through thick and thin.
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