The Secret Hum Of A Daisy

The Secret Hum Of A Daisy

YA fiction
Families can be a source of joy and belonging. They can also a
source of pain and loss, especially when misunderstandings grow
unchecked. Finally, they can be a source of rediscovery and
redemption. This is the subtle and poignant message of Tracy
Holczer's The Secret Hum of a Daisy.
As the book opens, Grace is at her mother's funeral. You get
the feeling she harbors regrets about her mom's last night on earth.
Then she's being torn from the people with whom they lived, people she
considered family, to reside with a grandmother she does not know.
However, she insists on bedding down in a workshop shed rather than
the room that is awaiting her. She has plans to drive her new
guardian so crazy she'll want to return her.
"Mama had spent my lifetime staying away from this person.
She'd gotten herself off a bus in a place she didn't know and trusted
a world of strangers could take better care of her than her own
mother. I wasn't about to do anything different."
Grace and her mother had moved frequently. At each new home her
mom had created a special treasure hunt to help her feel at home.
Could her mother be making one last treasure hunt from beyond? And
could grandma be someone more complex than the cold woman who sent her
daughter away because of an unplanned pregnancy?
Read the book and see. :)
On a personal note, I had a fantastic Labor Day weekend. Saturday and
Sunday the hubby and I were up to camp. Monday was a family cook out
with all my beautiful children and my future son-in-law.
A great big shout out goes out to all teachers, principals, and other
school staff and admin embarking on another school year.
Julia Emily Hathaway


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