It’s all about finding the courage to pursue a creative career, which is something Frances really struggles with in Radio Silence. The letters are all about expressing your true self – which is something both Frances and Aled come to do in the novel, although so many people try to hold them back.Īfter a shoutout from a famous vlogger, Tash’s web series, Unhappy Families – based on Anna Karenina – goes viral. The letters are full of advice about being honest with yourself, and living life the way you want to live it – and that means following your dreams. Letters to a Young Poet is a manifesto on the creative life, written in a series of letters to a young man named Franz Zaver Kappus, who had written to the poet Rilke, and asked Rilke for an assessment on his own poetry. And Frances has to confront her past, starting with the day Aled’s sister disappeared.Īnxiety, biracial protagonist (Ethiopian and English), coming of age, creative drive, emotional abuse, expressing your true self, fandom, friendship, following your dreams, life crisis, LGBTQIAP+ characters (bisexual, demisexual, gay, pan, lesbian), millennial book, parental abuse, podcasts. But when the podcast goes viral, the trust between Frances and Aled is broken. For the first time, she experiences a true friendship and is finally having fun. Then she meets Aled, the shy genius behind the podcast, and he unlocks the door to the real Frances: the one who cares about more than just grades. The only thing other than school that she cares about is a podcast called Universe City. “I wonder - if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”įrances is in her final year of school and is a study machine with one goal: university. Welcome to another post of If you like that, try these …, my weekly post series where I share book (and sometimes movie or TV show) recommendations based on a book I’ve read.
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