A Girl Called Sidney

Singer-songwriter Courtney Yasmineh packs a stormy ballad's punch and showcases a lyrical style in this affecting first novel.In the late '70s, teenager Sidney flees Chicago for a rural Minnesota town in the wake of her parents' disintegrating relationship. Trading one set of struggles for another, Sidney makes it her goal to survive the winter in a remote Northwoods cabin.Studious and musically inclined, Sidney is happiest with her guitar and songwriting journal. She initially avoids...
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Singer-songwriter Courtney Yasmineh packs a stormy ballad's punch and showcases a lyrical style in this affecting first novel.In the late '70s, teenager Sidney flees Chicago for a rural Minnesota town in the wake of her parents' disintegrating relationship. Trading one set of struggles for another, Sidney makes it her goal to survive the winter in a remote Northwoods cabin.Studious and musically inclined, Sidney is happiest with her guitar and songwriting journal. She initially avoids her family's harsher troubles while her brother bears the brunt, but soon she is hatching a plan that will change everything. Money troubles mount and battle lines are drawn, shattering the family.Readers will find themselves torn between fearing for Sidney and her family members and rooting for the young woman at the center of this coming-of-age novel. Left to her own devices, will she be undone or will she discover her own strengths?"A Girl Called Sidney" is searing, nerve-rattling, and joyous.