Susan Petrone
Autore di The Heebie-Jeebie Girl: A Novel
Opere di Susan Petrone
Sunday Morning in 1982 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Petrone, Susan
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Istruzione
- Cleveland State University (MA|English)
- Attività lavorative
- playwright
freelance writer
editor
novelist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 58
- Popolarità
- #284,346
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 10
Two young ladies faced with some dead-end possibilities go on a road trip with a couple of books for narrative and end up changing their lives. One pairs up with Certvantes' [b:Don Quixote|3836|Don Quixote|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546112331l/3836._SX50_.jpg|121842] and the another, Austen's [b:Emma|6969|Emma|Jane Austen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1373627931l/6969._SY75_.jpg|3360164]. Hilarity (and eventually tragedy) ensues when each starts speaking, acting, thinking and even looking like the titular characters of their adopted books.
I'll admit I enjoy turning a page and finding a Cleveland landmark, street corner or scene that I've visited or live nearby. Author [a:Susan Petrone|1044699|Susan Petrone|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1578404936p2/1044699.jpg] does a good job of this, leading us around the Coventry neighborhood and visiting the local hospitals. Well done!
I was a little concerned that while for one character, her ending seemed to have been "written", the other seemed to have much more freedom in escaping the written ending. It didn't seem quite fair, nor did there seem to be enough grief expressed.
And separately, there are probably better ways of injecting an author's political opinions into a narrative that are less jarring. I know Vonnegut did it. . . .
But these are minor issues in a first, very fun novel. And overall, a very fun read. I finished it in an evening mostly because I couldn't put it down. I look forward to others that she's written and can highly recommend both [b:Throw Like a Woman|53283748|Throw Like a Woman|Susan Petrone|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1588000618l/53283748._SY75_.jpg|42295509] and [b:The Heebie-Jeebie Girl|50491647|The Heebie-Jeebie Girl|Susan Petrone|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1579055224l/50491647._SY75_.jpg|73072991].… (altro)