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Goldengrove - Francine Prose
Goldengrove
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At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling... show more
At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend.Over one haunted summer, Nico must face that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them. She learns about the power of art, of time and place, the mystery of loss and recovery. But for all the darkness at the novel's heart, the narrative itself is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life.Goldengrove takes its place among the great novels of adolescence, beside Henry James's The Awkward Age and L. P. Hartley's The Go-Between.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780066214115 (0066214114)
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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Books, Dogs, and Other Blogs
Books, Dogs, and Other Blogs rated it
2.5 OK...but, um....why?
So I'm a bit conflicted about this book. I'll give it that it has some really beautiful writing and imagery. The way certain things were described were just haunting and beautiful. If you're looking for a book about character development, and not so much about plot, you may like this book more ...
Romancing the Novel
Romancing the Novel rated it
3.0
I have mixed feelings about this book. Some parts were great, some left me flat. The thing that bugs me is that they talk about cell phones and I think internet ( I read this a few months ago) and then at the end, it was decades later as in present tense. Well if this story happened a long time ago,...
florinda3rs
florinda3rs rated it
13-year-old Nico was literally the last person to see her older sister Margaret alive. Margaret was a gifted singer and actress about to graduate from high school, and the girls were spending a lazy Sunday afternoon out on the lake in their family's rowboat. Margaret decided to dive from the boat in...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it
3.0 Goldengrove
3 1/2 stars, really.
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