Life in the Balance, Jen PetroRoy
Life in the Balance, Jen PetroRoy
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Life in the Balance

Author: Jen Petro-Roy

Narrator: Carrie Burgess

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

Veronica struggles to balance softball, friends, and family turmoil in this new honest and heartfelt middle grade novel by Jen Petro-Roy, Life in the Balance.

Veronica Conway has been looking forward to trying out for the All-Star softball team for years. She's practically been playing the game since she was a baby. She should have this tryout on lock.

Except right before tryouts, Veronica’s mom announces that she’s entering rehab for alcoholism, and her dad tells her that they may not be able to afford the fees needed to be on the team.

Veronica decides to enter the town talent show in an effort to make her own money, but along the way discovers a new hobby that leads her to doubt her feelings for the game she thought she loved so much.

Is her mom the only one learning balance, or can Veronica find a way to discover what she really wants to do with her life?

About Jen Petro-Roy

Jen Petro-Roy is a librarian who made her debut as an author with the middle-grade contemporary novel P.S. I Miss You. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie all_books_great_and_small on March 20, 2021

I received an advance reader copy of this book to listen to in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. ***AUDIO VERSION*** Life in the Balance is a beautiful story about Veronica who discovers her mother is an alcoholic and gets sent to rehab. This book is delicately delivered......more

Goodreads review by Fatirah on February 17, 2021

Thank you Jen Petro-Roy, the Publisher, Netgalley and Turn the Page Tour team for sending me a digital copy of Life in the Balance in exchange for an honest review. Life in the Balance is a truly a heartfelt story about a tween character named Veronica who's been trying to cope with the struggles of......more

Goodreads review by Renata on March 17, 2021

OK I think this is a book that will be really important to a lot of readers and I think it's a sensitive and helpful portrayal of a family affected by alcoholism and rehab. that said for a pure reading experience, especially to me as an adult, it came across as pretty didactic to me. I still think it......more

Goodreads review by Rosh ~on extended semihiatus~ on March 09, 2021

11 year old Veronica is struggling with a lot of problems right now: she is great at softball but feels too much pressure to match up to her family’s standards in that game; her mother has been diagnosed as an alcoholic and needs to enter rehab if she has to save herself, her job and her family; her......more

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps on March 27, 2021

3.5 STARS After Veronica’s mother enters rehab for alcoholism, the preteen struggles to juggle her conflicting feelings while worrying whether her family can afford her All Star Softball team. LIFE IN THE BALANCE is an above average story that introduces younger MG readers to alcoholism through Veroni......more