One Thing Stolen
Author: Beth Kephart
Publication Date: April 14th 2015
Publisher: Chronicle Books
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
Something is not right with Nadia Cara. While spending a year in Florence, Italy, she's become a thief. She has secrets. And when she tries to speak, the words seem far away. Nadia finds herself trapped by her own obsessions and following the trail of an elusive Italian boy whom only she has seen. Can Nadia be rescued or will she simply lose herself altogether?
Set against the backdrop of a glimmering city, One Thing Stolen is an exploration of obsession, art and a rare neurological disorder. It is a celebration of language, beauty, imagination and the salvation of love.
The first thing you need to know about One Thing Stolen is
that the writing is beautiful, the whole thing is beautiful, in fact. But, while I do like the way it's
written, it's also confusing at times, since it's jumps from real time to,
well, what's going on in Nadia's head. But, that confusion creates the
atmosphere and makes you feel and really see the condition, it also leads to an
unreliable narrator considering we don't know what is real, who is real, and
who is not.
