This Is Not a Love Scene: A Novel

This Is Not A Love Scene: A Novel by S. C. Megale   320 pages

The lead character is in a wheelchair which lends an interesting point of view to the entire story.   Very realistic and very real explanations of muscular dystrophy and how a person learns to cope and make the best of life while experiencing it.    Very well told with a great attitude on the part of the narrator - the person with m.d.    She is a strong presence and an aspiring film maker who responds like a young adult woman would when crushing on her leading man and sharing all her hopes, fears and fantasies with her best friend.  Not waiting for the future to define her she jumps for what she wants and if it can't be love who says it has to be?   Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and sometimes...well....that is o.k., too.    A coming of age and out into the real world though her parents would love to smother her with over protection.   Good story.   I would recommend this story to folks dealing with afflictions because it inspires and to those who feel less than because it uplifts and blows away all those dark clouds trying to crowd out your sun.   Some of the adult content might be a stretch for the younger set but mature young adults could handle it and it is a good story in and of itself so adults will get a kick out of it, too.