- Paperback: 185 pages
- Publisher: Sumach Press (Sep 18 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1894549767
- ISBN-13: 978-1894549769
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 15 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #521,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cleavage is a collection of short stories about the challenges faced by young girls as they navigate their way through the turbulence of adolescence. There are 15 stories here, some by first-time authors, and for the most part they are smart and satisfying tales. The dialogue is sharp and believably teenaged, the content often embarrassingly true to life, and the tone is never condescending. These are stories about whether or not to wear make-up or shave one’s legs, about how to get a boy to like you, about wanting to fill out a bra or wishing one didn’t fill it out quite so well. Ultimately, though, these stories are about coming into one’s own and negotiating a selfhood that is somewhere between what is expected and what is desired. The strongest stories of the bunch needn’t be considered suitable exclusively for young readers. Kelle Ngan’s “The Puberty Theory” is about a bright child who employs clever problem-solving techniques in an effort to seduce the object of her affection. Of course, her analysis looks better in theory than it does in practice. Wendy A. Lewis’s story, “The Giant Regina,” is a very fine and funny piece of magical realism. The internal monologue of Claire Talon’s character in “Bare” is believable and written with so much love that it is impossible not to sympathize. Other stories are less successful. Ann Sutherland’s “Faceless on the Farm” is a dogmatic epistolary tale told through e-mail, and Lisabeth Jackson’s “Presenting Miss Gorilla Legs” lacks believable character development. That said, co-editors Loughead and Shipley have assembled an eminently readable collection here, one that may be as enlightening and enjoyable for mothers as their teenage daughters.
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"The stories from Cleavage will buoy [teenage girls] up and remind them that they, too, will survive...Highly recommended."
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Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com, Dec 30 2008
By Cynthia Hudson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls (Paperback)
Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls. Just the name is edgy and designed to get our attention, and the stories inside live up to the title. In the foreword, editors Deb Loughead and Jocelyn Shipley say that the word cleavage has many meanings. There's the image of the valley between breasts of course, but cleavage also refers to the division of a fertilized ovum from a single cell into a mass of smaller cells. It's what they call the mom factor that shows up in the book. Cleavage also has contradictory meanings. On one hand it means to break away from, on the other it means to hold tightly to.You'll find stories relating to all the meanings in this delightful book of short stories that's easy to digest and gives a lot to think and talk about. If you can think of an issue for women, it's probably covered in the stories, including attitudes about weight, breast implants, tattoos, body image, make-up, clothes and more. These stories will open the door for moms and daughters to talk about hard-to-bring up subjects that benefit from open discussion.
A short bio of each author, including a note about what inspired her to write her story, is a nice touch that adds extra meaning to each piece. Mother-daughter book clubs with high-school-aged girls will find a lot to like when reading Cleavage.
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