Helpful Score: 2
If you have read my previous reviews, the Virgo comes out in me when I read and review. I can't help it. Which is why it amazes me when I see that I am actually writing that I loved this book on so many levels...that...wow!
Basically, this 280 page novel follows Bella Grandelli "from a pudgy, insecure eight year old to a Madonna worshipping co-ed in the 80's to a martini sipping journalist in the nineties". Each chapter covers a certain time period. It really stirred something in me because I am Bella's compatriot in age, so the cultural references to music, clothes, shoes, movies---they made me laugh because I REMEMBERED! But you can't just base a book on legwarmers and Manolo Blaniks---Bella has a twin brother, Bobby, who is autistic. I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give away any of what I found to be an enthralling story, but obviously Bobby's condition affects her life in so many ways and levels.
I love the cultural references in the book---it really helped me to connect---I really "got" Bella and where she was coming from and where she was going---and I found the ending very satisfying. All around, great book. 4 1/2 stars, baby, which is a pretty rare rating from me!
Basically, this 280 page novel follows Bella Grandelli "from a pudgy, insecure eight year old to a Madonna worshipping co-ed in the 80's to a martini sipping journalist in the nineties". Each chapter covers a certain time period. It really stirred something in me because I am Bella's compatriot in age, so the cultural references to music, clothes, shoes, movies---they made me laugh because I REMEMBERED! But you can't just base a book on legwarmers and Manolo Blaniks---Bella has a twin brother, Bobby, who is autistic. I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give away any of what I found to be an enthralling story, but obviously Bobby's condition affects her life in so many ways and levels.
I love the cultural references in the book---it really helped me to connect---I really "got" Bella and where she was coming from and where she was going---and I found the ending very satisfying. All around, great book. 4 1/2 stars, baby, which is a pretty rare rating from me!
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