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Soon
'Soon' is the powerful story of a little girl whose Dad deployed with the Australian Defence Force for over a year. Evoking feelings of sadness, happiness, confusion, anticipation and hope, 'Soon' provides an insight to the range of emotions a child may feel when a parent or loved one is away for any length of time. A relative measure of time, soon can take but a heartbeat when deployment is looming or drag on for eternity when loved ones are due home. In real life, the little girl in this story is author and illustrator, 13-year-old Jess Love. Writing of her own experience when she was seven, Jess hopes 'Soon' will help other Defence children cope when a parent is deployed by understanding what they are feeling is normal and to know they are not alone in these feelings. Jess also wants to acknowledge the sacrifices the children of Defence Families make so their parents may serve this great nation we call home.
32 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 2015
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Jessica Love
39 books13 followersJessica Love is an actor and the author-illustrator of Julián Is a Mermaid and Julián at the Wedding. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as a graduate degree from Juilliard. She has appeared in plays both on and off Broadway. Jessica Love lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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October 29, 2015
I was really impressed with the book and illustrations, and completely blown away when I discovered that Jess was only 13. The story is about her experience when she was seven. Having a child of a similar age and knowing my husband with probably going away for several months in the not too distant future, it tugged at my heart strings. I tried to read it aloud to my mum when she was visiting last week, but the lump in my throat stopped me after about three pages.
The simple, repetitive prose would appeal to younger primary school children. This would be the perfect book to spark conversation about being temporarily separated from a parent and the way that makes you feel.
Sometimes soon comes too quickly, and sometimes it doesn't come quickly enough.
The simple, repetitive prose would appeal to younger primary school children. This would be the perfect book to spark conversation about being temporarily separated from a parent and the way that makes you feel.
Sometimes soon comes too quickly, and sometimes it doesn't come quickly enough.
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