I can't get too mad at him since he's partially deaf and my baby, but his health has been declining.
I was lucky enough to fangirl enough to get sent an arc by the author herself (and she signed it OMG SO AMAZ) and I literally cried when my elderly dog sat on the book and bent the cover. Before that, they were all, "I love this book OHMYGOD so AMAZ." I haven't strayed far from my fangirl expressions of awe, but I have chosen to pick apart books a little better and get down to the nitty-gritty of why they were "so AMAZ." At that time I was fairly new to reviewing books for sites like Netgalley and Edelweiss and of writing in debt reviews in general. Her debut book caught my eye in 2019 and has stuck with me since. Yet to uncover the truth, she will have to face her own painful history-and what lies behind the red door. Convinced her stepfather is up to no good, Essie investigates. And the red door from her dreams has become a reality, just down the hall from her bedroom in her terrifying new house. Now, something on the island is haunting Essie. Years ago, she watched in horror as the ship General Slocum caught fire and sank near its shores, plummeting one thousand women and children to their deaths. Essie knows the island is plagued with tragedy. That’s where Essie’s new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurable sick, including the infamous Typhoid Mary. Her mother has remarried, and they must move from their dilapidated tenement in the Bronx to North Brother Island, a dreary place in the East River. Most of all, she’s afraid of the red door in her nightmares.īut soon Essie discovers so much more to fear. She’s afraid of the silver sick bell, a family heirloom that brings up frightening memories. She’s afraid of cats and electric lights. The War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this chilling middle grade historical novel from the author of the acclaimed The Story That Cannot Be Told following an anxious young girl learning to face her fears-and her ghosts-against the backdrop of the typhoid epidemic.Įssie O’Neill is afraid of everything.
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