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From: Meg Robertson <mroberts>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:36:52 -0600
I adored this book and have been wondering if that is because Perkins captured not only the way my mind worked as an adolescent, but even the way my middle-aged brain encounters epiphanies and adds to its store of experience that we begin to call wisdom as we age. I found the lack of a traditional plot undaunting since it seems to me so much is happening when adolescent boys and girls who are childhood friends are sitting together in a truck, listening to a radio program or just being thoughtful and aware together. I thought immediately to give it to my 15-year-old daughter but didn't think of passing it on to my 13-year-old son until I realized how much this novel would appeal to a "people person" (which he is). He really enjoyed it, in particular he enjoyed Hector, his guitar playing and his little songs. My daughter liked it as well, appreciating the various missed connections and the linking necklace.
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:36:52 -0600
I adored this book and have been wondering if that is because Perkins captured not only the way my mind worked as an adolescent, but even the way my middle-aged brain encounters epiphanies and adds to its store of experience that we begin to call wisdom as we age. I found the lack of a traditional plot undaunting since it seems to me so much is happening when adolescent boys and girls who are childhood friends are sitting together in a truck, listening to a radio program or just being thoughtful and aware together. I thought immediately to give it to my 15-year-old daughter but didn't think of passing it on to my 13-year-old son until I realized how much this novel would appeal to a "people person" (which he is). He really enjoyed it, in particular he enjoyed Hector, his guitar playing and his little songs. My daughter liked it as well, appreciating the various missed connections and the linking necklace.
-- Meg Lloyd Robertson Assistant Branch Manager Maplewood Library mroberts at rclreads.org (651)704-2033 --Received on Thu 16 Feb 2006 02:36:52 PM CST
