![]() ![]() I didn't need toys or friends or parents." His parents, especially his father, thought that artists were lazy and scruffy. In 1937 near Tokyo, Japan, Allen Say was born to parents who didn't understand his passion for drawing. 72 pages.įind this book: Local Bookstore, Amazon, B&N The contrast between the meta-fiction format which makes Addison exceedingly real to us, and the conflicting perceptions of her by the people interviewed, which make her ultimately unknowable, is strikingly executed leaving us all the more moved by the novel.ĭrawing from Memory by Allen Say. There are many contradictions in the compelling story and they make for a great discussion into the breadth of perspectives people can have. ![]() We hear from dozens of people who knew her-some bewildered and some insightful. Was her death an accident? Suicide? Murder? Deeply committed to her art and possessed of an innate wildness she became famous in New York City creating portraits and performance art. Our actual author takes on the persona of a writer who once taught Addison and is now writing about her and interviewing people who knew the gifted young artist. Extensive photos and the purported artwork of the main character further sweep us into the illusion that we are reading fact instead of a novel. Grades 9-12.Īdele Griffin writes this novel as if it's a real person whom she is documenting. The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone: A Novelīy Adele Griffin. ![]()
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