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Growing up as teenage girl in suburban LA, and, oh yeah, the world is coming to a slowing end. The book makes you think about the large historical forces and their impact on our tiny lives and development. Well written and even lyrically written.
This is close to a perfect book. It makes you laugh and it makes you cry. It is the book you can't wait to get home to finish and yet you hesitate for fear that it will be the end of such a wonderful reading experience.
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Leonard Sommer, January 30, 2013
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Leonard Sommer, January 21, 2010
This is close to a perfect book. It makes you laugh and it makes you cry. It is the book you can't wait to get home to finish and yet you hesitate for fear that it will be the end of such a wonderful reading experience.(7 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)