Goldengrove
Books | Fiction / Literary
3.2
Francine Prose
“With a dazzling mix of directness and metaphor, Prose captures the centrifugal and isolating force of grief. . . . “[Goldengrove is] a moving meditation on how, out of the painful passing of innocence and youth, sexuality and identity can miraculously emerge.” — Los Angeles TimesAn emotionally powerful novel about adolescent love and loss from Francine Prose, the New York Times bestselling author of Reading Like a Writer and A Changed Man. After the sudden death of her beloved older sister, thirteen-year-old Nico finds her life on New England's idyllic Mirror Lake irrevocably altered. Left alone to grope toward understanding, she falls into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's boyfriend. Over one haunted summer, Nico faces that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them as she experiences the mystery of loss and recovery. Still, for all the darkness at its heart, Goldengrove is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of adolescence.
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Author
Francine Prose
Pages
290
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2013-10-29
ISBN
0062329030 9780062329035
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"Pretty good, not great. Put this in the "A Grief Observed"shelf. 13 year old Nico, her parents and her sister's boyfriend all become progressively unhinged after the sister's untimely death. As the other three cope via the usual suspects of self-destruction, (drugs, sex, obsession with work) Nico struggles to establish her own identity in the shadow of a much loved, seemingly perfect older sister. No great insights, but a touching portrait of self-discovery through grief."
Lesley Williams
"Good book depicting unexpected loss, survivors guilt, and the stages of grief as told through the narration of the younger sister. Our grief never really goes away, it just becomes less intense with time."
Summer Taylor