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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: I kept waiting for an explanation of relationships such as between Jim and Evelyn and whatever happened to Maggie and her baby? She apparently married, but to whom and when? This was a long and tedious book that went nowhere. There was no ending. It just stopped.
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Summary: Very moving story!
Review: I started this book slowly, but at about midpoint in the novel I couldn't put it down. It is a story about one teenage girl and her family in 1965 California. The author captures the time excellently. It is also the story of a family and the trials and tribulations every family faces. I was quite surprised at some of the plot twists. I really liked this book and the only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is the fact I would have liked a more in depth character development of all the key players. It was an excellent read though and I would read another by Ann Darby.
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Summary: Wonderful storytelling.
Review: This book is so well-written that it is hard to believe it is a first-novel. Ann Darby writes about the sixties in such a way that the reader is placed back in time--I felt like I was growing up all over again. It is ultimately the story of the young Maggie and her family, told at times in the voice of different characters; her mother, her great-aunt, sister, and brother. It's more than a coming of age novel, at times her family comes apart, then comes back together. Ann Darby is a writer I feel lucky to have found, and I am looking forward to her second novel.
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