There are two ways to live your life:
·
One
is as though nothing is a miracle
·
The
other is as though everything is a miracle
—Albert Einstein —
That’s how Wendy Wunder started the Probability of
Miracles.
Campbell Maria Cooper had been through a lot. Her father
passed away and she had cancer. In her last visit to the doctor, every hope for
her was lost. The cancer was everywhere.
So when she
accidentally came across a list —THE
FLAMINGO LIST — she wrore last year at summer camp she thought “Why
not?”.
As far as her family was concerned, Campbell
had an 11-year old half sister, Perry, and Alicia, her mother.
Alicia never
gave up on her daughter. In fact she believed that there was a miracle town
called Promise that could heal Campbell. So the family packed their belongings and
said goodbye to Izanagi, Alicia’s boyfriend.
And that’s
where Campbell lived a lifetime in just one summer, checked everything on her
list and found true love in the face of Asher.
The family
stayed in Asher’s mansion, since it was empty. She made good friends, got a
summer job, experienced weird things and events —miracles? — and got
accepted to Harvard. She started feeling a whole lot better, but
cancer made its comeback and it was final.
But what mattered to her was that she left behind a
united family that she knew it would move on.
THE FLAMINGO LIST (in the order it happened in the
book)
1.
Experience
with petty shoplifting
2.
Have
an awkward moment with my best friend’s boyfriend
3.
Dabble
in some innocent stalking behavior
4.
Lose
my virginity at a keg party
5.
Have
my heart broken by an asshole
6.
Kill
my little sister’s dreams
7.
Wallow
in misery, mope, pout and sleep through Saturday
8.
Go
cow-tipping ( close enough to donkey napping)
9.
Get
fired from a summer job
10. Stay out all night
Goodreads synopsis:
Dry, sarcastic, sixteen-year-old Cam Cooper has spent the last seven years in and out hospitals. The last thing she wants to do in the short life she has left is move 1,500 miles away to Promise, Maine - a place known for the miraculous events that occur there. But it's undeniable that strange things happen in Promise: everlasting sunsets; purple dandelions; flamingoes in the frigid Atlantic; an elusive boy named Asher; and finally, a mysterious envelope containing a list of things for Cam to do before she dies. As Cam checks each item off the list, she finally learns to believe - in love, in herself, and even in miracles.
A debut novel from an immensely talented new writer, The Probability of Miracles crackles with wit, romance and humor and will leave readers laughing and crying with each turn of the page.
A debut novel from an immensely talented new writer, The Probability of Miracles crackles with wit, romance and humor and will leave readers laughing and crying with each turn of the page.
Rating: 4 stars
Hardcover, 360 pages
Published December 8th 2011 by Razorbill
Hardcover, 360 pages
Published December 8th 2011 by Razorbill
Author: Wendy Wunder
Goodreads profile: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4721275.Wendy_Wunder
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