June Elbus has nobody. Branded as the “weird girl” at school, she has
very few friends and has grown more and more introverted, becoming
distant from her sister and parents. June nearly reaches her limit when her
only true friend, her uncle Finn, dies from AIDS. To find solace, June wanders
into the woods behind her school and imagines she is in a different time.Prior to his death, Finn—a renowned artist—spent his last few months focusing on a still-life painting of June and her sister, Greta, entitled “Tell the Wolves I’m Home.” At her uncle’s funeral, June sees a strange man, who she discovers to be Finn’s boyfriend, and is warned about him by her parents who blame him for Finn’s death. When she receives a message from the man, Toby, requesting to meet up with her, June is wary at first but ultimately decides to take a chance and see what the man wants. The two soon grow close, exchanging stories about Finn with each other and taking care of one another. Throughout the months, Toby proves himself not to be the horrible man that June’s mother made him out to be and the two help each other cope with the death of Finn. Heart-wrenching and beautiful, this story of love and redemption will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
I found
myself addicted to this book. Tell the
Wolves I’m Home has an aspect of intrigue to it that made it difficult to
put down. I love the raw honesty of the characters and the relationships they
form with each other. Fans of tragedies and tear-jerkers alike will absolutely
love this book. I wish all novels were so carefully devised and eloquently
executed as this one.
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