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Summary: Excellent depiction of mother/ daughter relationship.
Review: Anne LaMott's new book, Crooked Little Heart, is the story of an adolescent girl and also the story of her mother. The struggles the girl, Rosie, experiences are moving- she is caught between many forces, her developing sexuality, her wish for excellence in tennis, her complex family arrangements, her friendships. The mother's story of recovering from the death of her first husband, forming a new relationship, friendships, loss, is also meaningful. But what I found most important about this book is the illustration of how a mother can love a teen age girl even when she is being obnoxious, how if the mother continues steady, loving, reaching out to her daughter even when the daughter turns away, the daughter will be able to come to her mother for help with her serious problems. Another thing I appreciated was the fact that Rosie and her mom had an extended family of very close friends that were extremely important in raising Rosie. This is often the case within my experience, but is very rarely depicted in novels. Over all, I think this is an excellent book
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Summary: Plodding
Review: While I enjoy Anne Lamott's writing, I found this book rather tedious and repetitive. And the descriptions of the tennis matches are interminable. I mean, point by point by point! Not Lamott's best, but Rosie remains a wonderful character
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Summary: Beautiful and compelling
Review: I love everything Anne Lamott writes. Rosie, the book to which this is a sort of sequel, is one of my all time favorite novels. This one joins it. I tore through the book on a first read, but look forward to rereading it and savoring the beautiful cadences and rhythym of Lamott's writing. her characters are real, the kind of people you know and hang out with, or wish you did
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Summary: Rosie Shines!
Review: Crooked Little Heart is heartbreaking,but beautiful in its crooked little way. Anne Lamott returns to fiction after sevn years, and God, it was worth the wait. She explores tennis,teenage pregnancy, grief,jealousy, and love and never gets mauldin,never lets you feel sorry for the characters. All the characters shine, especially Rosie. May they all shine on
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Summary: A superb coming-of-age story of a young tennis star.
Review: A young tennis star believes her family, and therefore she, is disfunctional. She is prompted by her sorrow to behave badly, and is saved from deep distress by a man who, by following hertournaments, and looking like a bum, frightens her mom but saves her from despair. We aren't only what we do; we are what we really are. What is done can usually be
repaired, but only when we know what is to be done.
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