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Then read the reviews and thought...wow did we read the same book. To me, there are many very-real, multi-generational characters, and friends with Letty at the center. I felt like I was experiencing her chaos first hand when her support structure collapses. Letty has to stop, grow up, and continually make difficult decisions for herself, her children, and everyone she touches. I love the twists and turns that evolve as Letty races through her complex life--from teenager frame of mind to mother of two children (one a teenager)--when she is in her early thirties. Relax, read it, and see life from Letty's eyes.


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We Never Asked for Wings A Novel Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9780553392319 Books Reviews

The story started slow but most good stories do. If I go on to explain the story it would be like rewriting it. The story is about youth, love, seemingly irreversible choices and how everyone in the story makes whatever repairs they can. This story is about two Mexican families and the outsiders who become part of their story.

A mention of DACA is made but it is not about that. It is truly a story about the deepest love between parents and children, girl friends and boyfriends and sacrifices made for those we love.

It's well written and not preachy at all. Readit.
Oh how I felt for this family. With the political climate the way it is now, this book deftly illustrates the limbo some of the people born here find themselves in. Initially, The main character I didn’t care for very much. But then I realized she was a very young mother and had no idea what she was doing. And age has nothing to do with the fact that motherhood is a mystery to everyone who chooses it. And she chose to do it alone. But her mother wouldn’t let her. She was enabled to not be a mother. Then when she was forced into it, she flailed around. Throughout the entire book she tried. And learned. And tried again. The bird connection was wonderful. And as her son learned his way in life it was a relief to know that his heart was in the right place. This book was full of hope. Something everyone could use a little more of,
The book is well written, but I didn't find the characters or their situations sympathetic. Lettie is a legal US citizen but she's trapped in dead end jobs because she didn't feel like making any effort to educate herself while her parents were raising her oops baby, and she makes no effort to improve her situation. All the improvements that come about are because a male love interest steps in and saves her. The children are truly awful--Luna is a horrible brat and a great reminder of why I'm never having kids, and the two teenagers have very entitled attitudes that none of the adults bother trying to correct. For example, they think illegal immigrants should have access to college scholarships that exist so the children of hard working, tax paying citizens can gain the credentials to get jobs intended for hard working, tax paying citizens. Hints that illegals should be entitled to financial aid are scattered throughout the book, from Carmen paying for college out of pocket "because, you know" to fantasies about depriving an actual American with financial hardship of a scholarship to hand it to Yessenia. I was rather disgusted by this extreme sense of entitlement. These characters are already living here off the books with a far superior quality of life than they had as paupers in Mexico, isn't that enough? If the goal of this book was to make me more sympathetic to immigrants leeching resources from tax paying Americans, it failed miserably.
I would have changed the ending. I would have Letty setting both men down and the explaining that she had no choice but to choose both men as she couldn't , for myriad reasons exclude one over the other. Needing both in her and her family's life. As in Sophie's Choice, it is a choice that shouldn't have to be made. Wes has suffered enough from her choices and Rick needed and was needed , especially by Luna. Luna needs discipline, she is out of control and on her way to a bad outcome without the proper hand in her development. Many time I wanted to swat her bottom and bring out the naughty chair. Did Nana have a hand in her wild behavior? Nana was all to willing to take over and let Letty spin out of control. Her Duty to her daughter should have been to guide her into a more responsible person and mother. To me nana acted very selfishly.to satisfy her smothering needs of babies. Then abandon the mess she created. My take on that matter, anyway.
This is a happily ever after tale, and as some of the reviewers mentioned, it is about how determination and hard work can overcome bad decisions in life. It is fiction, and if it has a slightly unbelievable happily ever after quality to it, that is possibly the reason why.

I really liked the characters and the author painted them with nuances that were unique and extremely believable. The plot and the characters were what made this book for me, even if the message of the story did not resonate with me fully. Finally, I extremely enjoyed the smaller details and the research that went into writing this book. The medical and scientific details were enthralling without bogging the story down, and I appreciate a book that entertains me as well as educating me about something I didn't know before.

So, quite a lot of pluses, and maybe the only minus would be that the main character emerges victorious in life even after being somewhat undeserving in the beginning - that rarely happens in life - but I found that I could suspend my disbelief for that.
I didn't know what this book was about when I began reading it, I only knew I had enjoyed this author before.
I didn't know how how relevant it would be to current questions and accusations.
I didn't know, nor do I still, all the issues and hardship that this book touches upon. While at the same time weaving a tale of struggle, hope, and even romance, I was given the opportunity to see into a world very different from mine but maybe not so different. We all want love, happiness, freedom.
I do know I am very glad to have found it and think it a worthwhile read.
I don't know if it will change people's beliefs, but I know that it has made mine just a bit stronger.
Then read the reviews and thought...wow did we read the same book. To me, there are many very-real, multi-generational characters, and friends with Letty at the center. I felt like I was experiencing her chaos first hand when her support structure collapses. Letty has to stop, grow up, and continually make difficult decisions for herself, her children, and everyone she touches. I love the twists and turns that evolve as Letty races through her complex life--from teenager frame of mind to mother of two children (one a teenager)--when she is in her early thirties. Relax, read it, and see life from Letty's eyes.