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Hubert Lafore hubertlafore — I first read You Shouldn't Have to Say Good-bye in the fourth grade as an ESL student, struggling to learn English. A novel about a young woman's cancerous dying mother probably wasn't the best book for the purpose, but I remember how even then, with my limited grasp of the English language, I was completely moved by this book. In the novel, teenager Sarah Marrow and her mother share a deep and cherished bond -- a bond that was tested and proved unshakable when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Sarah progresses through the stages of grief and her mother's health continually worsens. They both struggle to cope, sometimes pushing away from each other only to find what they need most is each other. Eventually, both are forced to confront the inevitable. The novel is mostly painful. But that has nothing to do with the cancer itself, or even the macabre description of the mother's moment of death (and boy was Hermes descriptive.) The most heartwrenching moments were when the mother and daughter pleaded with each other -- mother pleaded with Sarah to come to grips, and Sarah pleaded with her mother to stop, even though both are at the mercy of something greater -- death. Though the novel is quite short, it packs a wallop. There are a few points in the novel that just made me break down and cry, while most of the book kept me misty-eyed. The description of the death itself is very picturesque and disturbed me for quite some time as a child. Also, the message of the novel was ambiguous and lacked focus. Nevertheless, I strongly recommend this book to teenagers and adults alike.

Vincent Burkhead vincentcreative — A very thorough but depressing recounting of the Iran Hostage crisis.