Amy and Isabelle
Registered by MarciNYC of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 7/9/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Duplicate copy - purchased at Wall Township Library book sale as trade/relay/release fodder.
If I had to come up with one word to describe this book, it would be poignant. I found this book deeply stirring, taking me back to my teenage years. It also made me laugh about the crush many of my classmates and I had on our 7th grade math teacher. *g* It's a beautiful story of a mother and daughter growing up together. Not only does Amy grow up, but so does Isabelle as she comes to terms with the secrets she's kept hidden for so long.
Definitely a worthwhile read and I would not hesistate to read future works by this author.
If I had to come up with one word to describe this book, it would be poignant. I found this book deeply stirring, taking me back to my teenage years. It also made me laugh about the crush many of my classmates and I had on our 7th grade math teacher. *g* It's a beautiful story of a mother and daughter growing up together. Not only does Amy grow up, but so does Isabelle as she comes to terms with the secrets she's kept hidden for so long.
Definitely a worthwhile read and I would not hesistate to read future works by this author.
Picked this up from Marci's Relayers General Fiction Bookbox
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter. Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality. When discovered, this emotional and physical trespass brings disgrace to Amy's mother, Isabelle, and intensifies the shame she feels about her own past. In a fury, she lashes out at her daughter's beauty and then retreats into outraged silence. Amy withdraws, too, and mother and daughter eat, sleep, and even work side by side but remain at a vast, seemingly unbridgeable distance from each other. This conflict is surrounded by other large and small dramas in the town of Shirley Falls -- a teenage pregnancy, a UFO sighting, a missing child, and the trials of Fat Bev, the community's enormous (and enormously funny and compassionate) peacemaker and amateur medical consultant.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter. Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality. When discovered, this emotional and physical trespass brings disgrace to Amy's mother, Isabelle, and intensifies the shame she feels about her own past. In a fury, she lashes out at her daughter's beauty and then retreats into outraged silence. Amy withdraws, too, and mother and daughter eat, sleep, and even work side by side but remain at a vast, seemingly unbridgeable distance from each other. This conflict is surrounded by other large and small dramas in the town of Shirley Falls -- a teenage pregnancy, a UFO sighting, a missing child, and the trials of Fat Bev, the community's enormous (and enormously funny and compassionate) peacemaker and amateur medical consultant.
Released 14 yrs ago (7/10/2009 UTC) at RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Surprise wishlist RABCK on the way to Athomegoddess
Happy Reading!
Surprise wishlist RABCK on the way to Athomegoddess
Happy Reading!
What a treat! I received this as an RABCK. Will start it soon.
This was a slow starting book. You learn right away that Amy and Isabelle, (daughter and mother) are mad at each other- maybe even hate each other- but you don't find out why for quite some time.
The book ended up nicely but took awhile to pull the pieces together. If you just read a few pages every now and again, it's not a bad read. It's not a page turner, if that is what you are hoping for. Just a nice little book for passing the time.
The book ended up nicely but took awhile to pull the pieces together. If you just read a few pages every now and again, it's not a bad read. It's not a page turner, if that is what you are hoping for. Just a nice little book for passing the time.
Journal Entry 6 by AtHomeGoddess at Starbucks, Herndon/Highway 99 in Fresno, California USA on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (5/27/2010 UTC) at Starbucks, Herndon/Highway 99 in Fresno, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this at the Starbucks located at Ashlan and Blythe here in Fresno, CA. It's on the counter where the napkins are.
I would have entered more info or set a NEW REALEASE ZONE, but the new site wouldn't let me!!
I would have entered more info or set a NEW REALEASE ZONE, but the new site wouldn't let me!!
