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Lädt ... Marlena: A Novel (Original 2017; 2017. Auflage)von Julie Buntin (Autor)
Werk-InformationenMarlena von Julie Buntin (2017)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This was the April Book Club choice for the Books & Books Key West store. Its generally a rather sad story but it is beautiful, almost poetic in its writing. The author also did an excellent job of conveying "teen angst" without sounding whiny, but rather gritty and real, not like some. The story is of two girls, both from broken families (one more so than the other) who find each other and for one brief explosive year, become each others savior. You know from the beginning of the book (and also the flyleaf) that Marlena dies. The story is told from Cat's perspective as an adult, looking back on this year in her life and how Marlena's life, friendship and subsequent tragic death effected her. There are many questions left unanswered in this story, leaving the real conclusions up to the reader. The abuse that Marlena suffers is never detailed, just inferred. How and why Marlena died is never really answered, in the book or in Cat's life, which I believe is largely the impetus for her later issues. Whether or not her telling this story is cathartic for her or not is also one of the conclusions the reader is left to determine. The book was very well written and I will definitely be looking out for other books by her. This slice-of-life, coming-of-age book follows Cat and her memories of Marlena, her wild and troubled neighbor turned best friend. This quiet book follows two teenagers as they explore drugs, love, relationships and each other while teetering towards self-destruction. Marlena dies young, tragically under unclear circumstances that haunt the main character for years. Marlena is a deeply melancholy book about the friendships that can make and unmake us. Densely written, slow read (plot was not engaging at several points) Adolescent female friendship, discovery, and identity Rural America, opioid/alcohol addiction, poverty, abuse (graphic sexual content); survivor’s guilt Character-driven Memory creation and recreation. Past as part of present, stories that continually create who we believe ourselves to be
“..a thrilling and important examination of female adolescent friendship … Marlena feels timeless, its vivid characters suspended in the difficult moment of awakening just before adulthood. It is a gem of a book, brief and urgent, nearly perfect in its execution … We know from the start that Marlena will die. Buntin tells us this on the fourth page of her novel. This early revelation is a daring authorial move that, in lesser hands, would knock the tension out of the narrative. But when Marlena finally meets her end, it feels neither inevitable or muted: Instead, the loss of this young, bright life strikes readers as both surprising and tragic … as Buntin heartbreakingly illustrates in the elegiac Marlena, there is a firm line that exists between children who are loved and cared for — even by a parent who makes mistakes — and children who are not.” AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Suspense.
Die fnfzehnjhrige Cat ist neu in der Stadt, einsam und unglcklich - bis sie ihre Nachbarin kennenlernt, die wunderschne und unberechenbare Marlena. Eine Freundschaft beginnt, voller Versprechungen, intensiv und gefhrlich wie die Jugend selbst: erste Drinks, erste Zigaretten, erste Ksse. Marlena aber wird immer riskanter - und Cat wird ein Versprechen brechen, das sie jetzt, Jahrzehnte spter, einholen wird. Die atemberaubende Geschichte zweier Mdchen und einem Jahr im lndlichen Michigan, das die eine ihr Leben kosten wird und die andere fr immer verndern. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorJulie Buntins Buch Marlena wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
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There is the other storyline of an alcoholic thirty-something narrator. I appreciated this one, but I wondered if this narrator's perception of her problem with alcohol was inflated. Maybe it was lack of detail, or maybe I just have experience of serial drunks that were way deeper in the sand.
The book, I think (I hope) made me a better person. The narrator talked about her mom in a way that made me consider forgiving mine.
Jonathan Safran Foer's blurb was true to its word - this novel really does have some hilarious sentences that I read to people that were riding the bus with me. They laughed at them, too. One sentence about two geeky girls skipping class only to hide in the bathroom, lest they be discovered, was a particularly good one. ( )