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โ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐,โ ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ. โ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐.โ
โ๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง.โ
Itโs revelations such as this that elevated the story for me; the opportunity to see things from a different perspective. This Canadian author has given her readers plenty of food for thought!
Although the book is ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, its root is โ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐โ. Everyone is searching for the elixir! Society tells us that itโs important to stay young for our looks, for our careers, to lessen the impact of sports-related injuries, and to fend off/slow down Alzheimerโs.
If you had a magic wand would you take advantage of it to successfully stay young?
How would you deal with the heartbreaking moment you realize that youโre remaining young while those you love continue to age? Youโd want to make sure they had the same wand.
What if you could simply slow down โgrowing olderโ? Would this have heartbreaking effects, too?
Thatโs exactly what happened to one of the characters in this book. Kit McKinley was born โnormalโ in every way except that she ages/grows older more slowly than those around her. For those whoโve parented teenagers, can you imagine stretching those teenage years out to double or triple? What about the โterrible twosโ? Kitโs parents keep her slow-aging to themselves as long as they can, but even then, their lives are forever changed.
Without giving too much away, know that Woods has crafted a โwhat ifโ story tracing ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ. I loved Woodsโ perfect balance of history, medical mystery, and love. It drove me to Google and made my STEM heart consider the pros and cons of medical advances. It really is a double-edged sword. I realized that despite thinking Iโd like an internal calendar โset at a slower tempoโ, it would be too heartbreaking. Although Iโd taught Canadian history before, Iโd not realized the scope of the suffragists nor the advancements Canadians such as Carrie Derick made to eugenics. Itโs safe to say that this teacher got a wonderful education within the pages of this spectacular book!
Thereโs no doubt ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ. Donโt miss out on it. Also, keep your eye out in the news for Julie and Phumlaniโs research as it comes to fruition in real life!
I was gifted this copy by Harper Collins Canada and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.
This is the type of book someone who loves biographies and/or history would love.
Kit's story, almost year by year, for a hundred years while she is just 25 and under, was so fascinating to follow.
It only left me wanting more. I think the ending is satisfying but I would really love to know what happens to her for the next 100.
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