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Norma Klein (1938–1989)

Autore di Sunshine

67+ opere 1,464 membri 17 recensioni 2 preferito

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Opere di Norma Klein

Sunshine (1974) 145 copie
Mom the Wolf Man and Me (1972) 142 copie
Domestic Arrangements (1981) 56 copie
No More Saturday Nights (1989) 52 copie
Girls Can Be Anything (1973) 45 copie
Just Friends (1990) 40 copie
It's Not What You Expect (1973) 40 copie
Family Secrets (1985) 40 copie
Tomboy (1978) 37 copie
Breaking Up (1980) 36 copie
Taking Sides (1974) 35 copie
Beginner's Love (1983) 33 copie
My Life as a Body (1987) 33 copie
Give Me One Good Reason (1973) 29 copie
Angel Face (1984) 29 copie
What It's All About (1975) 27 copie
The Queen of the What Ifs (1982) 26 copie
Older Men (1987) 24 copie
Going Backwards (1986) 24 copie
The Sunshine Years (1975) 20 copie
Now That I Know (1988) 20 copie
The World As It Is (1989) 20 copie
That's My Baby (1988) 18 copie
Naomi in the Middle (1974) 16 copie
A Honey of a Chimp (1980) 16 copie
Wives and Other Women (1982) 16 copie
Baryshnikov's Nutcracker (1983) 14 copie
Coming to Life (1974) 14 copie
Snapshots (1986) 13 copie
Lovers (1984) 13 copie
Give and Take (1985) 13 copie
Swap (1984) 12 copie
Bizou (1983) 12 copie
Hiding (1977) 12 copie
The Cheerleader (1985) 12 copie
Girls Turn Wives (1976) 11 copie
Sunshine Christmas (1977) 11 copie
Love and Other Euphemisms (1975) 11 copie
American Dreams (1987) 9 copie
Blue Trees Red Sky (1975) 9 copie
If I Had My Way (1974) 9 copie
Learning How to Fall (1989) 8 copie
A train for Jane (1974) 6 copie
Visiting Pamela (1979) — Autore — 6 copie
SUNSHINE (1974) 5 copie
French Postcards (1979) 4 copie
The swap (1983) 3 copie
Bytet (1985) 2 copie
Un marido: ¿para qué? (1979) 2 copie
Daddys Darling. (1995) 2 copie
Sole (1990) 2 copie
Scelte d'amore (1986) 1 copia
Pratfalls 1 copia
Mom the Wolfman and (1977) 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Best American Short Stories 1969 (1969) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
Prize Stories 1963: The O. Henry Awards (1963) — Collaboratore — 6 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1938-05-13
Data di morte
1989-04-25
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
New York, New York, USA
Luogo di morte
New York, New York, USA
Luogo di residenza
New York, New York, USA
Istruzione
Barnard College (B.A., Russian, 1960)
Columbia University (M.A. ∙ Slavic Languages ∙ 1963)
Attività lavorative
children's book author
Breve biografia
Norma Klein, the daughter of a psychoanalyst, attended progressive schools before studying at Barnard College, Cornell, and Columbia. She originally wanted to become an artist, but said she decided to become a writer when she was unable to find books written about the kinds of people she knew, or who held her interest. Along with Judy Blume, she became one of the early pioneers of young adult literature in America with her realistic novels and short stories. She attributed her portrayal of alternative lifestyles, such as the single-parent family in Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972) or the lesbian mother and her partner in Breaking Up (1980), to her liberal upbringing in New York City. Her works dealt openly with other controversial issues as well, such as racism, divorce, abortion, and death, which may explain why Publisher's Weekly listed her as one of the most frequently censored authors in America. She died after a short illness. Her papers are housed at the University of Minnesota.

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Discussioni

somewhat explicit YA books in Name that Book (Marzo 2012)

Recensioni

I started out hating this 1976 YA novel and wondering what on earth was going on with Norma Klein when she wrote it, since she was a total genius. Then, about a third of the way through, the book won me over. It's a stream-of-consciousness story about an 18 year old ballet student whose boyfriend is a choreographer at her school. He's an absolute monster (but that's not the main character's assessment) and she starts cracking up.
 
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jollyavis | Dec 14, 2021 |
I've owned this book for ages. I don't remember when I read it, but I know that I loved ballet when I was quite young, and I read this at some point then. (Or, I at least looked at all the pictures. I no longer remember which.) I suppose I should re-read it now as an adult, since I've kept it on my bookshelf all these years.
 
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ca.bookwyrm | May 18, 2020 |
I don't remember seeing this on Banned Books lists and that surprises me. I wasn't too comfortable with a 14 year-old girl feeling 'behind' because she hadn't touched a boy's penis yet, or smoking pot with her mom, or hearing her family say shit and even fuck as if they're innocent as darn. And it's the kids' business whether or not mom and dad are doing it with other people? And this was a loving, relatively healthy and sane family, not dysfunctional.

And it was written in 1982? Did we still need YA novels that were written just to shock? Weren't we ready to focus on the characters and the story, instead of just on what we could get media attention for?

I guess I could forgive all that, but when Dad tells Mom that her friend Ogden was considered a 'laughingstock' for being patient with his mentally ill wife, and nobody except Mom, not even the author, seems to support Ogden, well, yuck.

Just so you know, there's more, though. Big sis is having an affair with her college professor, and though she's a feminist one of her friends is marrying, which is seen as betrayal. And her other best friend is gay. And Grandma in the City plays tennis better than our heroine. And is rich. And is living with a friend who has no income, and even buying him a $25,000 cello bow. And there's a poetry reading in the city. And the teens have jobs but Mom doesn't. And Dad sells his novel, which is actually pretty much a memoir.

Klein just felt she had to hit every button. She's not a bad writer, but this could have been richer and more intense if it were focused on real character development over a reasonably busy summer, instead of written with a shotgun approach.

Seriously, I'm glad this is obsolete. I can see some girls might have thrilled to it, but I wouldn't have even when I was a teen.
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |

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Opere
67
Opere correlate
4
Utenti
1,464
Popolarità
#17,551
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
17
ISBN
247
Lingue
10
Preferito da
2

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