The mother and daughter in this story never really seem to talk, as the notes don’t really indicate any other form of communication happening outside of them, which also causes difficulties in showing time passing.Īt the end, the story did get me and I teared up a little, but I just feel the book had the potential to be so much more. While many families communicate through texts, email, and notes (I even know a few who have group chats!), those families still take the time to communicate about the big stuff. This book deals with a complex relationship, and ultimately a very difficult topic, and I felt it could have packed much more of an emotional punch, and done the topic justice, if they story had have been given the time it deserved.Īt different times I felt frustrated with both the mother and daughter – at how they were handling the situation they were in, and at the sheer lack of communication. While I enjoyed the method of telling the story, I felt that at times it was too rushed, and think the story could have been told with much more depth, and much more effectively, if the notes on the fridge door were interspersed through normal prose. This was a fast-paced and very quick read told exclusively by notes left on the fridge door between a mother and daughter. It is also an elegy to how much can be said in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.The Review It is about how we live our lives constantly rushing, and never making time for those we love. Their story builds to an emotional crescendo when Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. Stunningly sad but ultimately uplifting, this is a clever, moving, and original portrait of the relationship between a daughter and mother. Life on the Refrigerator Door is told exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, during the course of a life-altering year. It is also an elegy to how much can be said in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.
Goodreads Synopsis: Life on the Refrigerator Door is told exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, during the course of a life-altering year. Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers, published July 2015 by MacMillan Children’s Books.
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