How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

Nov 2004 · Sold by Wendy Lamb Books

About this ebook

“Every war has turning points and every person too.”

Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.

As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

A riveting and astonishing story.

Ratings and reviews

I am currently reading this book and so far I think it's wonderful. The character Daisy is moves from New York to England to live with her Aunt. Her dad got remarried whenever Daisy's mother died, and Daisy seems to hate her. I liked how Daisy was put into an usually situation with her Aunt being away, and a war seems to break out. The Author wrote the book very well, it's very descriptive and gives you a good perspevctive of what the situation is like. The theme of this book so far, I'd say it was that live isn't something easy that goes perfectly, it's a rough road and you have to be able to deal with it. What I didn't like about this book was that the situation seems to unreal, I could never picture myself being in a situation like that. I do have a connection with this book because of the fact that we live away from most of my family and I have so many cousins and relatives that I have never met. I would recommed this book to anyone who likes books that have an unsually problem.

I saw the movie first, and I fell in love with it. I used to have the book, but I lost it (unfortunately) so I read it on here, and I must say that the movie pales as white as snow in comparison to this wonderful, wonderful novel. The movie left out many of the things that made the book so great, and that disappointed me. The book is amazing, and heart wrenching, and beautiful.

Watched the movie first not knowing it was a book. I fell in love with the movie it was so wonderful. The book disappointed me in all my years of reading I normally always love my books over movies. This is the first time I have not. The book was poorly written if you ask me. I thought there would be more understanding of the piper and Edmond relationship more details but no it was quick and basically skipped through really fast. The details were poor. I think it could have been written way better. Nice try

About the author

This is Meg Rosoff’s first novel. The author lives in London.