A Door Near Here

A sibling s struggle to keep her family together despite overwhelming parental neglect.

A door near here.

The four children can t turn to their estranged and remarried dad because. A door near here is a heart wrenching book from author heather quarles with a poignant story line but that s aimed at young readers. A door near here is the story of katherine douglas tracey and alisa. Katherine 15 living on the outskirts of washington d c is desperate to keep her sister tracey brother douglas and half sister alisa fed clothed and in school.

Her father is far away with his new family. With awesome writing and a great cast of characters to boot the only disappointment was the lack of information in the end. A door near here by heather quarles four kids live with their single mother near washington dc. A door near here summary.

Thanks for exploring this supersummary plot summary of a door near here by heather quarles. You didn t get to find out what happened to some of the important characters and i found it disappointing. When their mother loses her job she succumbs to depression and alcoholism and stays in her bed living on alcohol for weeks. An overstuffed page turner both melodramatic and absorbing with a tried and true premise.

A door near here was a eye opening insight into alcoholism and how it affects the ones near you. Katherine is only fifteen years old but since her mother went to bed with a bottle literally katherine is the only one left to hold the family together.