I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
A raw, edgy, emotional novel about growing up punk and living to tell. The Clash. Social Distortion. Dead Kennedys. Patti Smith. The Ramones. Punk rock is in Emily Black's blood. Her mother, Louisa, hit the road to follow the incendiary music scene when Emily was four months old and never...
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A raw, edgy, emotional novel about growing up punk and living to tell. The Clash. Social Distortion. Dead Kennedys. Patti Smith. The Ramones. Punk rock is in Emily Black's blood. Her mother, Louisa, hit the road to follow the incendiary music scene when Emily was four months old and never came back. Now Emily's all grown up with a punk band of her own, determined to find the tune that will bring her mother home. Because if Louisa really is following the music, shouldn't it lead her right back to Emily?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781416562696 (1416562699)
Publish date: July 8th 2008
Publisher: MTV
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Book Club,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Music,
Punk
Totally nails 90s rock cliches. And the dialogue, ouch. Not unpleasant though.
I iz disappoint. I loved loved loved the angsty “ballads” she had for each of her characters in Ballads of Suburbia, where each person had a depressing/angst-y/dramatic story to share. The angst in this one though just came from one person, so it’s the same thing that had me feeling overloaded. So, ...
I liked this book a lot! Emily Black is the kind of girl that I could really relate to, probably because my teen and college years were a lot like what she and Regan went through. Like Emily and Regan I too grew up in a small town and would sneak out to Chuck Clarks to see the punk and metal shows...
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