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The narrator of Brownrigg's thoroughly engaging new novel asks this question of her departed lover: "What would happen if I wrote some pages for you? Each day a page... to show you that I am finding a story, the story of how we might have been together, once." What follows is roughly 100 short chapters chronicling the rise and fall of one woman's first love. Flannery Jansen, 17 and fresh from a "one-horse town" in California, falls headlong for a teaching assistant at the tony (and never named) East Coast university she attends. Page by page, Brownrigg captures in delicious and witty prose the rapture and humiliation of first love: first sight, first words, first flirtation, first gift, first kiss, first night, first declaration, first fight and, as the prologue gives away, first betrayal. A lesser writer would be swamped in sentimentality, but Brownrigg handles her material with great good humor and vitality. Readers familiar with Brownrigg's first two books, the novel The Metaphysical Touch and the story collection Ten Women Who Shook the World, know that her characterizations are deft and spare. Here, in pitch-perfect dialogue, she conveys the dueling attitudes of an aspiring writer from the West and a teaching assistant deeply schooled in traditional literary criticism and academic mores. That Flannery's lover, Anne Arden, is a woman is not quite beside the point. The lovers are well aware others might find them "freaks." But refreshingly, Brownrigg doesn't make Flannery and Anne victims. They are simply two girls in love which shouldn't put any readers off. This exquisitely written, bittersweet Valentine of a novel is for any reader who has ever been in a romantic relationship and wants to remember and revel in all the foolish things we do for love. (Apr.) Forecast: Brownrigg's audience of discerning readers will grow with this book, which booksellers may recommend for its wit, fast-moving pace and emotional candor; the sexy jacket speaks for itself.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Coming-of-age novels that focus on sexual initiation were once the exclusive territory of straight male writers, but, thankfully, women now write authentically, unashamedly, profoundly, and directly about their sensual feelings, including those for each other. Here, 17-year-old Californian Flannery is new to the East Coast and the Ivy League college she attends, and is drawn irresistibly to Anne, a teaching assistant 11 years her senior. A hauntingly beautiful love develops between the two in this tale either for young readers first discovering who they are and how they love, or for those remembering a rose-colored past. Brownrigg lingers delectably on the small, suggestive gesture, such as a throaty murmur of indecision, but her otherwise exquisite timing falters at the end, condensing the length and texture of Flannery's grief. Some may read this with alarm at the inherently unequal power structure between the two women, seeing a minor-aged innocent exploited. But among those whose same-sex yearnings first attached themselves to teachers, some may sigh, not over past desires unfulfilled, but the fond recollections of what might have been. Whitney Scott
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Absolutely Fantastic,
By Simone in OZ (melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pages for You: A Novel (Paperback)
I loved this book so much, after i read it, i couldnt go into my room without picking it up and flicking through it, catching scattered sentences that threw me once more back into the ever absorbing story. Perhaps its my empathy with the theme, or the ease in which i can relate to the characters and their feelings, but the way the book is written, the development of the central figures as they discover each other captured me totally. The quirky and witty conversations and discussions, as well as the settings and descriptions makes this book much more than a soppy love story. Give this book a read! you wont regret it.
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Oh my goodness. To be 17 again.,
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This review is from: Pages for You: A Novel (Paperback)
I would have loved to have given this book 5 stars, as it's images lingered and inspired me for days. However, it is not a literary classic in any sense.That being said, it is a passionate, youthful, nostalgic tale that is inventively and lovingly told. Anyone who has felt the fire of a white-hot intense first love affair (which always go awry) will be transported into the mind and heart of Flannery. You know how delicious every new "first" can be, and these are beautifully captured and explored. You also know, with bittersweet wisdom, that the young woman will ultimately not have a happy ending with her older lover and teacher, despite their wonderfully told passion for each other. Yet knowing this does not take away from the story in any way. This reads much like a 3 act play, and act 2 is gorgeously erotic without having to resort to any graphic ... descriptions. Refreshing. A lovely tale, worth reading, and re-reading.
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Greatest book,
By Rose Jones (Westborough,MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pages for You (Hardcover)
I love this book it was a very good I couldn't put it down. Their was some stuff that was like wow you know it was just a great book. I think everyone needs to read this so everyone know what it's like. The characters take you on this ride of emotions and it doesn't stop until the end that's all I have to say. I think if people read this book then they would kinda think before they act I'm not saying anything bad or anything but can we think before we judge thanks.
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