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(My actual "Rating" would be "No Star", but the option doesn't exist in Amazon's form) It's evident from the numbers of happy camper-readers
that this book describes for the suburban mall crowd the desperately colorful life of urban bohemians and artist wannabes. By now, it's a tired strategy, the so-called book of "interlocking stories." When you read this description, read
"couldn't make a novel out of it, and the publisher wanted to be able to make money off republishing the stories." The lady sure works hard at her prose. It shows, as it is
exhausting to read after a while. The interlocking stories are repetitive in their use of pseudo-tough tropes--but the kids… Read more
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