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Impossible to discipline, impossible to educate, impossible to fit in &#8230; tearing her families apart &#8230; yet unable to be slotted into any medico\/psychological framework?<\/p>\n<p>And she was the most amazing, beautiful, gifted child that ever walked the face of the earth?\u00a0 That was\u00a0 Sammy.<\/p>\n<p>If so, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll want to read Libby Sommer&#8217;s novel, &#8220;My Year with Sammy&#8221;. It&#8217;s just been published by a small publishing firm, Ginnindera Press, in Australia, but can also be bought as an e-book from Amazon.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I attended Libby Sommer&#8217;s successful book launch, drawing a full house, at the Waverley Library in Bondi last night.<\/p>\n<p>I read the novel when it was still in manuscript form.\u00a0 And I&#8217;ve written a book review that is to be published soon in a leading literary magazine in Sydney.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A Unique Voice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The novel is written in a unique voice and style from the perspective of a grandma. When I first read the manuscript, I thought, T<em>hat sounds a lot like my gorgeous grandson, and how I wish I could write so beautifully and sensitively about him.<\/em> He&#8217;s amazing and difficult, too, certainly non-compliant, like Sammy, and yet exceptional in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy with Sammy, was that there was no diagnosis, nor any in-school or outside assistance to save her or her extended family from distress. Towards the end of the novel, a diagnosis of sorts, &#8220;dyslexia&#8221;, and the addition of special reading classes at school, do not resolve Sammy&#8217;s ongoing behavioural problems. A broken family situation does nothing to help things.<\/p>\n<p>Libby writes in a poetic style, and the novel is structured like a long poem. The middle segment is shorter than the other two parts, and is followed by a much larger third segment.<\/p>\n<p>Metaphors and motifs based on Egyptian mythology abound, and add to the element of mystery and hope permeating the novel. The suggestion is that Sammy&#8217;s temperamental nature will be her strengths when she is an adult.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick of the Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Kerryn Goldsworthy&#8217;s recent review in the Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum) and in all the Fairfax media outlets across Australia, chose this book as the &#8220;Pick of the Week&#8221; in the January 30-31, 2016 edition. Kerryn wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eight-year-old Sammy and her long-suffering elder brother, James, spend alternate weeks in the homes of their mother, Madeleine, and that of their father and his new girlfriend. The story is mostly told by Sammy&#8217;s maternal grandmother, who helps out as much as she can, and Madeleine needs a lot of help because Sammy is willful, stubborn, determined and strange, and given to tantrums. Libby Sommer writes about this sort of child with more delicacy and intelligence than any other writer on this topic that I&#8217;ve ever read. Without sentimentality, she explores the desperation of dealing with a difficult child while staying patient and open-minded. There is no clear diagnosis, only day after day of struggle, all of it negotiated within Sommer&#8217;s sharp and subtle observations of Australian society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Delicious language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I found the beginnings to chapters\u00a0 especially notable for this short review. As a reader, I was grabbed by the very first sentences: \u201cSammy said she doesn\u2019t like kisses. No kisses and no hugs.\u201d The narrator reveals things bit by bit, slowly, so that the reader can take part in trying to solve the mysteries at the base of the novel: What is the cause of Sammy\u2019s behavioural problems? Will there be a solution in the end?<\/p>\n<p>And the endings are superb:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell Sammy about the great Pharaoh Hatshepsut, the only She-King of Egypt \u2026 Look, I\u2019ll say, see the thirty rowers on each boat, side by side, slicing through the River Nile, each stroke moving them closer to Punt, and there\u2014look\u2014there is the homecoming: the potted myrrh saplings, sacks of frankincense, fragrant ointments, wood, ebony and ivory, all collected on the journey and brought back home\u2026The great Hatshepsut, I\u2019ll say. Egypt\u2019s most determined Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Libby has just started her own blog, and her About page tells Libby&#8217;s own fascinating story on the road to publication. Visit it at https:\/\/libbysommer.wordpress.com\/about. <strong>Her website is at <a href=\"http:\/\/libby.sommer.net.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">libby.sommer.net.au<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11714 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anneskyvington.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/my-year-with-sammy.jpg\" alt=\"my-year-with-sammy\" width=\"180\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cover of the book was designed by Libby&#8217;s daughter, Erika Sommer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Year with Sammy by Libby Sommer Have you ever had, or known, or heard tell of a child who was amazing, beautiful, special, and &#8230; difficult? Not just difficult, but impossible? 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