The Museum Of Intangible Things

The Museum Of Intangible Things

YA fiction
As an adult have you ever been concerned about a close friend's
mental or psychological health? Something seems not quite right. But
you don't have the clear cut symptomology of appendicitis or a heart
attack. It puts you in kind of a bind. If she's fine and you act
you're infringing on her privacy, betraying confidence, maybe changing
how others think and feel about her, possibly bringing down bad
unintended consequences. But if you are right and do nothing...
That's quite the challenge, isn't it? Now imagine you and she are in
high school. Your family could be a definition of the term
dysfunctional. While trying to understand and protect your chum,
you're in a sense parenting or at least trying to understand the folks
who brought you into the world. That is the plight of Hannah,
protagonist of Wendy Wunder's The Museum Of Intangible Things.
Hannah and Zoe have always been best friends. Hannah describes
herself as "grounded and mired" while Zoe is like "the milkweed fluff
that will take off with the first strong breeze" or "a bullet just
waiting for someone to pull the trigger." At the age of ten they made
a vow never to let each other down. As the story begins this vow is
about to get strongly tested.
Zoe's behavior is often inappropriate and sometimes even
dangerous. The adults in her life think she's bipolar. She's been
hospitalized once and believes she's about to be again. She needs
Hannah to get her out of town fast. She finds her chum in a moment of
weakness. Hannah's alcoholic father has gotten himself fired from his
television job in a very public way and stolen the money she's earned
for college.
That's gotta be some kind of road trip. Get the book and come
along for the ride!
On a personal note, July Orono Arts Cafe was a great success.
A great big shout out goes out to my Orono Arts Cafe family.
Julia Emily Hathaway



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