Description
Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers tells the story of Claire, a fifteen-year-old girl, and her single mother through the notes they leave for each other on the refrigerator door. Both are constantly busy with their own lives: Claire is dealing with school, friends, boys and the uncertainties of growing up, while her mother is struggling to balance work and home. Their brief messages become the main way they communicate, revealing the everyday frustrations, affection and small moments that make up their relationship.
When a crisis suddenly changes the circumstances of their lives, Claire and her mother are forced to confront how little time they have spent together and what they mean to each other. Told entirely through their increasingly personal notes, the novel is a simple but emotionally powerful exploration of motherhood, adolescence, love and the bond between a parent and child. Life on the Refrigerator Door was Alice Kuipers’s debut novel and has been widely praised for its original format and its sensitive portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship.
