Looking for Alibrandi - "Because finally I understood"
...e same. This understanding that not everyone is the same helps her understand her family. Josie learns that her perfect grand mother, Katia, isn’t perfect after all. She criticises her daughter’s relationship which led to the illegitimate birth of Josie. Yet she cheated on her husband and fell pregnant with Josie’s mother, Christina. When Christina became pregnant with Josie the father, Michael, moved away so he didn’t even know Josie existed. Josie despises her Nonna as a hypocrite. Yet eventually she begins to understand why her grand mother lied. She lied to protect her daughter and family. Josie learns that her father isn’t the worst man in the world and gets to know him really well. They become good friends. Her growth from their first encounter when they hated each other results from her finally understanding the circumstances of her birth. All through the book Josie struggles to find her place and only in the last two chapters does she seem to find where she belongs. Her boyfriend Jacob and best friend John teach ...