Everything, Everything
I typically do not enjoy reading. I will read a book if it is assigned to me, but I rarely find myself wanting to read just for enjoyment. However, when I do find a book that interests me I will finish it fairly quickly. One of those books is Everything, Everything.
This book is centered around the life of an 18 year old girl named Maddy. She was diagnosed with Immunodeficiency disorder, which is the impairment of the body's ability to fight off diseases. She has suffered from this disorder ever since her father and brother were killed in a car crash, when she was a few months old. The only people that she is allowed to come into contact with are her mother and her nurse, Carla. Then one day, they get new neighbors and she befriends their teenage son, Olly. She begins messaging him online and they quickly become close friends. Maddy finally starts meeting him in person, however her mother finds and she is banned from seeing him again. When Maddy’s mother shows her a picture from when she was younger, of their family in Hawaii, it prompts her to sneak away with Olly. However, when she gets extremely sick and it is only then that she realizes she never had SCID and her mother had been lying her entire life.
I read this book for the first time a few years ago, and have read it a few more times since. This book is a pretty easy read, however, I think that it is still worth taking a look at.
I have picked up and read the description of this book many times while shopping, but have never actually bought or read it. Based on your description, I find it interesting how a mother could do that to their child and be able to keep such a large secret for many years. I would probably read the book in hopes of finding the reason that the mom lied to her. I hope to read this book in the future.
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