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Happy Endings Are All Alike: A Novel Paperback – Feb. 1 2000

by Sandra Scoppettone (Author)

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Small town prejudices emerge when a love affair between two teenage girls is revealed.

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208 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Alyson Books
Publication date

Feb. 1 2000
Dimensions

13.97 x 1.27 x 22.23 cm
ISBN-10

1555835112
ISBN-13

978-1555835118
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alyson Books (Feb. 1 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1555835112
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1555835118
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 227 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.27 x 22.23 cm

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Robert Beveridge

Coming of age, in all its glory

Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2001

Sandra Scoppetone, Happy Endings are All Alike (Alyson, 1978)

I'm not sure what book the New York Times reviewer who called this a "tensely-plotted thriller" was reading, but it sure wasn't this one. Happy Endings, written before Scoppetone became a mystery vamp of the highest order, is a simple, if somewhat twisted, coming of age tale about high-school romance and all the pain and suffering it entails.

Jaret and Peggy are stuck in the lazy summer before college, in the middle of a romance that's a badly-kept secret from Jaret's mother and Peggy's father (Peggy's father is a widower; Jaret's father is just plain clueless about most everything) and a well-kept secret from the rest of their somewhat conservative town. Well, for a while. Things get nasty when a local boy finds out about the romance and decides that Jaret needs some conversion to heterosexuality.

Scoppetone's a fine writer, for the most part, and the emotions at play throughout the book are clear and well-done. Most of the book's characters are complex, solid, and far from annoying. The one exception is Peggy, who constantly uses the word "gazinga" for... well, everything (think back to the Smurfs and their way of speaking). It gets annoying, and it gets there quickly. But if you can overlook that, this one's worth a look. ** 1/2

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Meg

Wonderful Book for young womyn

Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2000

I read this book when I first thought I might be a lesbian. This book left a deep impact on me and I have never found a book so powerful, sad, and so easily relateable.

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Bronx Book Guy

Very good if tragic

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

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Did I not review this? Well, it is asking me for my .02.

This is a bit of a classic in lesbian fiction in a fashion, at least in respect to young adult fiction from a well known author. It is from the 1970s and should be taken in that spirit regarding some of the views about lesbianism found therein. OTOH, some of the views might be present today (not sure about the sheriff).

The book concerns high school student who appears to have a future as a lawyer and a classmate whose mother's death is still raw for her and her sister/father who fall in love. We also get some insight in other members of their families, including their parents and thus the book provides multiple points of view. This is all very good, including the struggles of a couple who is unable to be open about their love.

This is a spoiler but I assume many know about it and it is something that is probably something many readers would wish to know as well (some teen readers might find it too upsetting). The book also concerns a friend of the younger brother of one of the girls, an emotionally troubled person that rapes her. This chapter is quite graphic. The book ends on a certain bittersweet level (the title is ironic) if with some hope for future.

This aspect of the book is well written but given the limited number of good accounts especially at the time in young adult fiction regarding lesbian topics -- especially the tendency of such works to have some tragic element -- it is basically unfortunate. I'm unsure why she included it, especially the rather graphic rape scene.

Stefani

This book aimed big and came short.

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016

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This book aimed big and came short. At the beginning I felt impressed by the fact that it seemed to cover more than one issue. But the way it is written, it doesn’t feel like a romantic book. It feels more like…when it comes to the girls, it feels more like an education book. It feels like it was written for a sexuality class-maybe in high school. I liked the mystery a lot, and I like the way the climax of the story was built. However, this good side of the book seems to be really destroy by the ending. Which is why I consider that it isn’t something I would recommend to read as a romantic novel. Yes. We need more Lesbian stories and we need more books that talk about misogyny and harassment and how we need to stand against it. But a romantic novel is not directly written with that aim. And if you are going to build the climax around it, then at least you should respect the time it took you to build it and untangle it properly at the end.
Not recommended…unless it’s with educative purposes in a sexuality class.

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Happy Endings?

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014

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A very good book, but it seemed to end rather abruptly, and left me feeling like there were just too many unanswered questions. It wasn't as in depth as I felt it should have been given the subject matter. Characters were believable and engaging, but the ending just really left a bad taste in my mouth, so-to-speak. It felt a bit like an after school special and this was just part one.

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Good book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021

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This book, very pleased to find it in Kindle format. Thanks!

Kindle Customer

Another very enjoyable novel but a can't miss writer

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2014

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I loved this book, in fact I have loved all her books. They are humorous, filled with interesting facts and usually have a happy ending. Guess I'm not a fan of the very dark side of life. Kind of strange considering her books are mysteries.

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