Friday at the Branches: The Juliet Stories

The Juliet Stories by Carrie Snyder

This novel-in-stories is divided into 2 sections. Section one takes place in Nicaragua, where Juliet is living with her “peacenik” parents and two younger brothers. She has a kind of freedom that children dream of … all the while living in a potentially dangerous situation. When one of her younger brothers is diagnosed with cancer, the family has to come back to North America. The second section is a series of chronological stories that all relate to Juliet and the various characters in her life. “The quality of the writing pulls us through”.