However, that she remains an enigma, even at the fascinating novel's end, somehow makes Addison's death all the more harrowing.įinally, Jandy Nelson's "I'll Give You the Sun" is a daydream: hazy, otherworldly, and mesmerizing. And because readers can only know Addison through other characters' perspectives, it takes a while to become invested in her. The real artists and works Griffin references require at least a semester of Art History 101. Addison's parents, best friend, teachers, boyfriend, and others offer anecdotes and insights, but the full truth of how and why she fell from the Manhattan Bridge can only be found by piecing parts of their disparate narratives into a whole. Through interviews, articles, e-mails, photos, and Addison's artwork, the plot documents the beautiful and haunted artist's meteoric rise in the rarified New York City art world and the events that led up to her death. Artistic wunderkind Addison Stone grew up as Allison Stone in a small, Rhode Island town. "The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone" by Adele Griffin is, like the National Book Award finalist's "Loud Awake and Lost," an acute examination of a young woman's troubled mind as much as it's a mystery.
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