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Quite disappointing given the hype. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2014/03/mumble-mumble-red-hook-mumble-mumble.html
I Don't Want to Visit This StreetThis was a book club read that never grabbed me emotionally, which made it difficult for me to finish. But I did want to see the resolution of the mystery, so I plodded through.Valerie is a fifteen-year-old who lives in Red Hook -- an impoverished harbor town within ...
3.5 StarsJune and Val are 15 year olds spending yet another boring summer in Red Hook, Brooklyn. On one hot night they decide to go for a float on a raft in the East River. Val ends up washed ashore, but June remains missing.Word to the wise – don’t attempt to read this if you’re going to be subje...
Growing up, I loved the original MTM show and Rhoda, and I looked forward to this. It is a fairly quick read, and Valerie is quite complimentary of co-stars past and present. It seems, with the exception of a much-publicized ousting from her eponymous sitcom, she hasn't had many career disappointmen...
UPDATED - 7/22/13 - added a link to today's NY times reviewIf Ivy Pochoda never writes another book, this one would be enough to keep her name on the lips of readers for decades to come. On a hot July night in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood, (named, BTW, for the color of its soil and an erstwhile ...
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