How I Live Now

by Meg Rosoff

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-14-138075-9

(11 reviews)

"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.From the Hardcover edition.

4 editions

Delia reviewed How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The scene with the foxes was pretty awful.

3 stars

“Tomorrow, when the war began” is a better series on a similar theme, but this still packs a mighty punch. I found it interesting how similar early scenes of the war was to covid lockdown times, and it makes me consider how much (even though we were safe) kids may have been traumatised by the last few years. A very “early 2000s” voice, and captures teenage hood fairly well. Not sure about the chain smoking cousin-love though.

samanthaleigh15 reviewed How I live now by Meg Rosoff

Review of 'How I live now' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I don't really know how to describe this book, but I really liked it. It has a magical feel to it, but is firmly grounded in a very harsh reality. Even some of the more unconventional elements of this story are completely believable and almost poetic.