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Family Sold Separately: A Novel ReviewFamily Sold Separately is the story of Katherine Millar-she prefers to be called Kat, an overweight, somewhat shy, disconnected and confused adolescent girl who lives in an unhappy household. The child of a father who died in her infancy and a mother who deserted her soon after, Kat has been raised by her paternal grandmother, a bitter, sarcastic and hateful woman who idolizes her dead son, hates Kat's runaway mother, and uses her near blindness to control and manipulate every aspect of Kat's life.
There's a saying that goes something like "it's not what happens to you in life but what you do with what happens to you that's important." In some ways, that sums up this novel by Kate Long. However, I'd add another phrase to that adage. "It's not what happens to you in life but what you do with what happens to you and how you feel about it that's important." Kat is a veritable potpourri of negative feelings: resentment, anger, betrayal, abandonment, grief, guilt, and worthlessness. She's a girl in danger of becoming the same cruel and heartless woman as her mean-spirited grandmother. In spite of all this negativity, or maybe because of it, Kat is also incredibly bright and insightful, her insight allowing her to see effective coping mechanisms for dealing with her grandmother and her intellect helping her to envision a different life for herself.
Long's intimate portrayal of adolescent angst rings so true it's hard for me to believe the story is not somewhat autobiographical in nature. Yes, there's the requisite mystery man, and a few twists and turns along the way, but the story pales in comparison to the portrait. There's only one other book that comes to mind that captures so completely the anguish of youth, J. D. Salinger's one and only work, Catcher in the Rye.
The only reason I haven't given Family Sold Separately five stars is because the frequent use of British colloquialisms and dialect interfered with my enjoyment of the book. That being said, Holden Caulfield and Kat are soul mates indeed. And I don't say this lightly: It's a bloody good book.
Armchair Interviews says: Wonderful fiction for young adults--with alert about British word usage.
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