Synopses & Reviews
No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. andlt;iandgt;Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off,andlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Some Kind of Wonderfulandlt;/iandgt; are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, andlt;iandgt;don't you forget about meandlt;/iandgt; contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did). andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Featuring new writing from:andlt;BRandgt; Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa
Synopsis
No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and
Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation.
Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did).
Featuring new writing from:
Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa
About the Author
andlt;bandgt;Jaime Clarkeandlt;/bandgt; is the author of the novel andlt;Iandgt;We're So Famousandlt;/iandgt;, published in 2001. He is a cofounder of andlt;Iandgt;Post Roadandlt;/iandgt;, a national literary magazine based out of New York and Boston, and teaches creative writing at Emerson College in Boston.