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This is the story of Yuri, a boy whose parents immigrated to the US after the Chernobyl tragedy. They didn’t know the lasting effect that tragedy would have on their future. Their son was born with a heart defect that prevented him from experiencing a life other children and parents take for granted. But it didn’t stop him from loving baseball and his favorite team, the NY Yankees. And that served as a connection to his English tutor, Maggie Topper. They bond over their love of the sport which leads to lively conversations and writing in a journal and reading books. I loved that while Maggie was there to teach Yuri she learned so much from him – ultimately that life is meant to be lived no matter how much time we have. The Secret of Clouds is an emotional novel. Alyson Richman used baseball, classical music, the power of the written word and the importance of personal interactions – which is to say, she wrote the book I want to read.


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The Secret of Clouds Alyson Richman Books Reviews

Maggie is tutoring Yuri, a young boy born to Ukrainian immigrants. Yuri was born with a serious health condition which makes it impossible for him to attend school. The parents Katya and Yuri lived near Chernobyl and weren’t warned of the possible dangers to them or future children.

There are 2 story lines in this book. It is a fast read and mostly predictable. The story flows well and at times it is touching but it just didn’t grab me. Thank you to net galley for an advanced copy.
Have you ever read a book that you’ve wanted to savor every word? Wishing that it wouldn’t end?

That’s Alyson Richmond’s The Secret of Clouds. She has penned a novel that will stay with me. Maggie, Yuri and Katya are stamped on this book readers soul. And I am a better person for having invited them in.

Highly highly recommend.
Alyson Richman's The Secret of Clouds is the heart-wrenchingly introspective story of a young teacher's love for a student with a heart defect and all that they teach each other.

Maggie is a sixth-grade English language arts teacher in Long Island. She loves her job and is anticipating the start of the new school year when her principal makes an odd request that she's not sure about. He's asked her to tutor a student at his home. Born with a heart defect, Yuri doesn't have the stamina or the immune system to spend his days at school. Maggie agrees, but is reluctant because of past experiences with sick children.

Yuri and Maggie become fast friends, and she is so proud of the success she's having at exciting him about reading and writing. Over the school year, he becomes exceedingly important to her, and she to him. While Yuri is gaining strength and confidence, Maggie is facing big decisions at home that may shake her personal life up. Yuri laments all the childhood pastimes he's missing by being stuck at home, and Maggie makes it her personal mission to improve Yuri's life. But Yuri's heart has not healed and there is so much that could go wrong.

An enticing and touching story, The Secret of Clouds follows this unlikely pair as they grow and teach each other about life's joys and its time limits. Both take leaps of faith to seize the day, inspired by one another to live life to its fullest.

The Secret of Clouds is an immensely interesting novel; the story is exceptional and will hold your interest constantly. While Maggie and Yuri are the main characters, the perspective switches between Maggie in Long Island in 1999 and Katya and Sasha, Yuri's parents, in Kiev, Ukraine in the '80s. With each change of perspective comes valuable information about the lives of the characters, which greatly deepens the character development and plot depth.

Richman's characters are easy to love. Maggie has such a wonderful heart and Yuri such enthusiasm and promise. Katya and Sasha are more complicated, but equally good-hearted, and Maggie's parents and friends are wise and unflinchingly loyal. The plot needs not be cluttered by unlikable or extremely complex characters, and is carried instead simply by masterful storytelling. Simply following Maggie and Yuri through the school year and beyond is enough to excite and melt your heart.

Katya and Sasha's backstory breaks up the main storyline and adds a much-needed layer of depth. Their origin includes falling in love, fallout from the Chernobyl disaster, passion, antisemitism, immigration to America, and much more. While they aren't the stars of the show, their journey to becoming a family is integral to the overall story and very compelling.

The Secret of Clouds is quite uniquely written - while the story is generally serious, and at times grave, the writing errs on the side of casual and simplistic. Although a big more difficulty may have pushed me to five stars, this is an effortless read with great payoff. Richman tells a one-of-a-kind story that teaches us to cherish life in all its forms.
The Secret of Clouds
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Linda Zagon's review Nov 04, 2018 · edit
it was amazing

Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “The Secrets of Clouds” by Alyson Richman , Berkley, February, 2019

WOW!! I loved everything about Alyson Richman’s novel “The Secret of Clouds”, and I feel that she has absolutely outdone herself. Alyson Richman is an amazing storyteller, and I appreciate the way that she vividly describes her colorful cast of characters, and her landscape. Noted is the unique and fantastic way that the author appeals to our senses through Music, Art, Literature, Song and Dance.

The Genres for this story are Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction. There is also some Historical background from the Ukraine. The author describes her characters as complex, and complicated perhaps due to the circumstances. Alyson Richman pays full tribute and thanks to all teachers in the profession that have touched the lives of so many children, and children who have touched the hearts and lives of their teachers. As a retired teacher with over 36 years of experience, I just wanted to jump into the book and have a discussion about Journal Writing with the characters, and visit with the children.

Katya , a ballerina and Sasha, a scientist fall in love in Kiev. When a tragedy occurs, there is an opportunity for both to come to the United States. As a result of the incident, their son Yuri is born with an illness that forces him to stay at home. Maggie, a motivated and eager young teacher is asked by her administration to tutor Yuri in her subject matter which is English. Maggie often finds that Yuri will look outside longingly, at the birds and sky. Yuri, although a child has wisdom beyond his years, and has a love of baseball.

Katya is a protective mom, and want to keep her son safe. Maggie wants to give Yuri the opportunity to experience and grow, and Yuri wants the freedom to be able to live.

I highly recommend this intriguing, intense, emotional, captivating, riveting and amazing book to all readers who enjoy a fantastic story. Bravo to Alyson Richman for a wonderful novel that discusses, dreams, love, and hope. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.
This is the story of Yuri, a boy whose parents immigrated to the US after the Chernobyl tragedy. They didn’t know the lasting effect that tragedy would have on their future. Their son was born with a heart defect that prevented him from experiencing a life other children and parents take for granted. But it didn’t stop him from loving baseball and his favorite team, the NY Yankees. And that served as a connection to his English tutor, Maggie Topper. They bond over their love of the sport which leads to lively conversations and writing in a journal and reading books. I loved that while Maggie was there to teach Yuri she learned so much from him – ultimately that life is meant to be lived no matter how much time we have. The Secret of Clouds is an emotional novel. Alyson Richman used baseball, classical music, the power of the written word and the importance of personal interactions – which is to say, she wrote the book I want to read.