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Lädt ... Beautiful Musicvon Michael Zadoorian
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I received an ARC from Akashic Books for this book, and I really enjoy this author's writing because the characters seem so familiar. Their lives are common lives, but they deal with issues of death and trying to find some joy in life despite its obstacles. This book deals with a young man's coping with his father's premature and unexpected death, and how his father had taught him to love listening to music. The book takes place in Detroit in the 1970s, which was when I was a teenager as well so there was plenty for me to relate to. I also read The Leisure Seekers, which is a wonderful book about aging. ( ) Danny Yzemski loves music. His life actually revolves around it. He is growing up in Detroit, during the turbulent 1960’s and 1970’s. This was a volatile time, the time and place of race riots. It was also a time of great music. Danny finds comfort from his town’s turbulent troubles, as well as his dysfunctional family’s issues, in music. Music soothes and comforts him as he sees and learns things that worry him. After a devastating tragedy, Danny’s life becomes even more difficult, as his mother finds comfort in alcoholism and as the world changes around them. Music is always there to make Danny feel better. When he discovers rock and roll, he feels he has found what truly speaks to him. This is a wonderfully realistic book. Danny comes alive in the pages of this book, and the reader truly gets to know him. He is coming of age during a turbulent time both inside and outside his home. This book shows how much comfort music can provide. I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Beautiful Music was a wonderful look into growing up in 1970s Detroit. I especially loved the references to the music of the time. Danny is required to grow up fast and the author handles this coming of age skillfully. I thought the book was accurate and true to the time period. I loved this one much more than Leisure Seeker which I have also read. 4 stars. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. If I could, I go with 3.5 Stars for this novel. I quite enjoyed the beginning of this book, but I found the middle to drag on a bit too much for my liking. There are many things that I liked about the writing, the music, and journey of Danny, so I would recommend the book, but it's not one I'd pick up again. I won this through a librarything giveaway, and these are my honest thoughts regarding this novel. In 1969, Danny Yzemski spends most of his free time in the former coal storage bin in the basement, building model cars. He is already into music, as is his father, although their tastes run very differently. Danny likes rock, while his father likes “beautiful music”- modern songs covered by an orchestra. To better hear his Muzak, he buys a stereo unit for the basement den. Through the years, he teaches Danny to drive in his huge car, and they haunt the record stores together. Then his father suddenly dies, and life changes for him. His mother is alcoholic and mentally ill, and her sudden widowhood seems to precipitate a psychotic break. She drinks, smokes, and watches TV. That’s it. Everything else is Danny’s problem. He gets a job, drives without a license, learns about hard rock and deep cuts, and actually gets a friend. It’s a coming of age tale, from ages 10 to 16, told in first person, sometimes in letters to his dead father. Music is what gets him through a really tough adolescence. It brings him out of his loner shell, and gives him something to sooth his emotions. It says things he thinks, but better. Surprisingly, there is no girlfriend; most coming of age books have a girl/boy who really, really understands the subject like no one else. Danny stands on his own, with some help from his friend. It’s very well written; it brought back a lot of memories of my teen years and the music from it and how it felt to have a song say exactly how you feel. Five stars, for making a Dickensian adolescence seem perfectly believable. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop radio-loving loner balancing a dysfunctional homelife with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence."-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorMichael Zadoorians Buch Beautiful Music wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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