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Only one word to describe it---WOW
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one of the best books i've read this year.
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As Cool As I Am
As Cool As I Am
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As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading. Simultaneously em... more »
Author:
As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading. Simultaneously em... more »
ISBN-13: 9780312307769
ISBN-10: 0312307764
Publication Date: 11/1/2004
Pages: 416
Rating: 12
ISBN-10: 0312307764
Publication Date: 11/1/2004
Pages: 416
Rating: 12
3.5 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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At first, I really liked this book. The narrator, a girl who goes from 14 to 16 throughout the course of the novel, seemed quite realistically drawn - particularly since she was created by, from the base of the author photo, a middle-aged man. I even think that he, for the most part, did a good job drawing out the mother-daughter relationship. And, oddly enough, it is the male characters who hovered at the edge of this novel, never really fully fleshed out. It was the ending that spoiled the book for me. The book was leading somewhere, but certainly not where it ended up in the last twenty or so pages of the book.
Still, the author did an impressive job. The story unfolded well and was certainly riveting. It also did a good job handling the "high school experience." I did enjoy reading it and would most definitely read another book by the author. It will be interesting to see where he goes next.
Still, the author did an impressive job. The story unfolded well and was certainly riveting. It also did a good job handling the "high school experience." I did enjoy reading it and would most definitely read another book by the author. It will be interesting to see where he goes next.
pretty good coming of age story. the girl was a bit of a "wild child" but I guess it was ok
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
- Literature & Fiction >> Women's Fiction >> Mothers & Children
