Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
You may have had a moment in your ‘human experience’ when you just wanted to fit in. You craved knowing and feeling like you belonged.
For most of us, this stage of our lives did take place or is currently taking place in our teenage years. In this stage, we often act outside of ourselves in an effort to feel cool, or at least feel kind of comfortable in our own skin. But, luckily, there is a point in the journey of becoming who we are in which we realize that we don’t need to fit in. We are amazing and brilliant in being just who we are.
One novel known as Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen depicts the beauty of this evolution in a funny, yet deep-reflecting way. The book’s main character Colie is quite insecure. Although she has just lost more than forty pounds, she still feels insecure and like she doesn’t fit in with the new crowd that she has deal with for one entire summer.
According to the book’s description, “Colie expects the worst when she’s sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira while her mother, queen of the television infomercial, tours Europe. Always an outcast — first for being fat and then for being “easy” — Colie has no friends at home and doesn’t expect to find any in Colby, North Carolina. But then she lands a job at the Last Chance Cafe and meets fellow waitresses Morgan and Isabel, best friends with a loving yet volatile relationship. Wacky yet wise, Morgan and Isabel help Colie see herself in a new way and realize the potential that has been there all along.”
As Colie begins to love herself more, readers may also begin to embrace their individuality and everything that makes them who they are. On her website, author Sarah Dessen acknowledges that the ideas of being confident in one’s self and loving one’s self played huge roles in the core message of the book.
“Keeping the Moon was the last book I wrote while working at the Flying Burrito, and because of that it is thick in all of my best waitress stuff,” Dessen notes. “I think I got a lot more confident working there, and I wanted to use that experience to say something bigger about the fact that no matter how you look, it’s what is inside that gets you where you truly are meant to be.”
The book beautifully highlights that it is truly what’s inside that matters. We here at RIZZARR hope that this week’s inspiring read will help you to not only love yourself more, but also will encourage you to use your uniqueness for the greater good around you.
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