Finding Audrey

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As I said, I adored the humour but I also wished more of the story was concentrated on Audrey and her struggles. I couldn't fully connect with Audrey because we don't actually know what happened to her. An incident which started all this keeps getting referred to, and even Audrey hints at it, almost tauntingly, but it's never explained!??! But it was hilarious, it was messy, the parents were irritating beyond belief but I adored them. The social anxiety rep was okay. I did want more focus on it, but I appreciated that we also got to see Audrey in her own messy element, with her family and challenging her social anxiety. Humour, heart and heartache from the global bestselling author of the Shopaholic series. 'I loved it . . . It's just so good' - Zoe Sugg aka Zoella We're just looking and looking at each other. And I can feel something new between us, something even more intimate than anything we've ever done. Eye to eye. It's the most powerful connection in the world."

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Audrey's mother is a neurotic Daily Mail fan who constantly tries to improve her family's lifestyle after reading articles like "The Eight Signs Your Child is Addicted to Computer Games". She's comical, infuriating, but still lovable. Audrey's Dad reluctantly tries to enforce the rules his wife establishes, but he really just wants to keep the peace and watch Downton Abbey. Audrey's older brother Frank is obsessed with a game called LOC (similar to World of Warcraft) and this causes many hilarious arguments with his mum. And then there's Audrey. I enjoyed the graphs in the book because sometimes they showed statistics which helped my understanding. There are two things I think we can all agree on when it comes to books dealing with mental health:I feel anxious about a lot of other things too, like making sure I'm as good as my male friends so I don't fall behind. Making sure I'm doing the right mechanics so strangers don't yell at me. Making sure I maintain a "fun" disposition to whoever was typing to me. I owe a lot to the first two people who friend requested me (I can't even remember their names, and honestly, I feel terrible about it.) Even though they didn't know it, they gave me that little push I needed to start again. It's all a gradual and realistic situation that, again, blends together the two topics brought up (and well researched) portions of this book: Anxiety and Gaming. PLUS, you could easily introduce a romance into this scenario, especially since it could be done very similar to how Linus and Audrey's romance began in the book. Finding Audrey is about a girl who is so crippled by her anxiety that she can’t leave her house. She hasn’t been to school in months because of extenuating circumstances, hasn’t talked to any of her classmates or friends, can’t even look her family members in the eye… until she meets her brother’s friend, Linus and then she magically gets better…. Or something.

Emotional, captivating and ultimately uplifting - buy this for the teens in your life, as well as yourself Daily Mail

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Audrey’s life is pretty contained within her household; she rarely sees anyone outside of her family or her therapist. She has developed a defense mechanism that forces her to push people away, and her fight or flight mentality makes it difficult to form new relationships. Therefore, when she discovers her own growing attraction to her brother’s friend Linus after he accidentally enters her room, she is unsure how to proceed. She soon learns that the feeling is mutual, and Linus becomes a great source of support. He seems to truly care and want to help Audrey; he displays endless patience as she works to develop trust in him. Searching for a death certificate in Scotland or Northern Ireland is slightly different. While it is still helpful to have the name and approximate date of death, rather than the location of the death you should try to discover the person’s religious denomination. The GRO for Northern Ireland only has death certificates since 1864; the GRO for Scotland since 1855. Again, it may prove easier to search the local parish records if you have a sense of where the death occurred. Not to mention, we don’t get to know Linus at all. I’m not kidding, I couldn’t even tell you if he has any siblings. All we know is that he plays video games and he’s Audrey’s brothers friend. His literal only purpose is to “fix” Audrey. He’s only there to kiss her and tell her to talk to random people and congratulations, she’s cured.

In her recognizable style that consists humor, Kinsella writes about serious topics such as anxiety and abusement. I push the door open and there’s Linus, sitting at a table near the entrance. He’s wearing jeans and a grey T-shirt and he looks hot, I notice before I can stop myself. Not that this is a date. b) The author decides to take a more humorous approach and pairs a heavy topic such as mental health with a writing style and story that is more fluffy

Begin by heading out to the Eye Station to speak to Vladimir. It’s in the “Alpha Centauri” system, so you will find it in your immediate vicinity. If you’re having trouble, learn how to fast travel in Starfield first. I dream of poo," says Dad firmly, and Mum laughs even more, till she's wiping tears from her eyes.” Seriously amazing, and amazingly serious, Finding Audrey stands out amongst other books in the YA genre for being realistic, which is my highest praise. I hope Kinsella continues to write for young adults, because we sure do need more books like this on the shelves! Heart Full of Books Blog (US) You keep saying 'I'm fine' to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: 'Why aren't I fine?”