I do not expect that this will be a "helpful review," being, as it is, more a tribute to a person than to the book. So be it.
This book was given to me and my daughter, collectively, by my best friend--the man who, being a long-time Gaiman fan in all media, introduced me to the pleasures of reading Gaiman's novels. I had taken him, as a surprise, to Neil Gaiman's reading and signing in Decatur, GA, expecting the gift to be from me to him.
Little did I know that the situation would be reversed with his gift to me of Blueberry Girl--a sacrificial gift, as I know that it cost him more than he could afford. I wept when I read it, and then wept again.
He was the first person I called, after my parents, when my husband and I found out that we were going to be parents. He was the first friend to visit in the hospital when she was born. He has been her babysitter, her art teacher, and her "uncle," not to mention my closest friend in the world next to my husband, who also counts him a great friend and advocate.
When I realized, at the end of the book (which had already reduced me to tears), that Neil Gaiman had written it for his friend Tori Amos and her daughter...the poem is lovely, the illustrations whimsically wonderful, but the completeness of meaning is perfect.Get more detail about Blueberry Girl.
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