6/19/2023 0 Comments My Mother Is a French Fry and Further Proof of My Fuzzed-Up Life by Colleen Sydor![]() The crazy lives of the main characters are sure to pull you in and leave you wanting to read more every time you close the book. It is an emotional rollercoaster, from embarrassment, anger, and frustration to sadness, guilt, and fear. Between these two, and her best friend’s super-cool dads, they help Eli begin to see how deep the issues with her mother truly run. Outside of the craziness at home, Eli has both a best friend, and a love interest who ends up becoming her boyfriend. To Eli, pregnancy is not only the most disgusting thing ever, but it is also more embarrassing than any job her mother could ever have. ![]() If her mother’s job didn’t already cause her enough embarrassment, she decides to go and get pregnant on top of it. This embarrassment, along with some other hidden feelings that Eli doesn’t discover until later, put quite a strain on Eli’s relationship with her mother. She is horribly embarrassed by her mother, who insists on working at Burgers n’ Frize dressed as a giant foam french fry. Our main character, 15-year-old Eli Smyth, seems to be a pretty average teenage girl from the outside. ![]() While the title of this book may seem a bit unconventional, the story within is an emotional adventure that is worth reading for anyone. ![]()
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