She's left her good Catholic girl ways behind . . . mostly. It is 1967, the Summer of Love, and Mary Margaret Hallinan has that itchy, squir...
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Dec 20, 2011
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Michaela Pallante aka "Mickey" for TeensReadToo.com
Mary Margaret Hallinan is not sure of much but she is sure of one thing: she does not want to end up like her mother.
Her mother (who Mary Margaret thinks is slightly mental) has four children and spends her days being very unhappy, ironing shirts for her father -- who has clearly turned out to be a bad ticket. At least that's what Mary Margaret's new best friend, Jane, would call him.
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Mary Margaret Hallinan is not sure of much but she is sure of one thing: she does not want to end up like her mother.
Her mother (who Mary Margaret thinks is slightly mental) has four children and spends her days being very unhappy, ironing shirts for her father -- who has clearly turned out to be a bad ticket. At least that's what Mary Margaret's new best friend, Jane, would call him.
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Dec 30, 2008
Jane
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While the Mary Margaret in the book is not exactly my sister Mary Margaret and we went to Catholic school in Milwaukee rather than Portland, this book brought back so much of that era when we first began questioning. Causing me to enjoy it more than the book was actually well written. I think she got the era dead on.
Nov 02, 2010
Kimberly709
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i never read the beginning, i was skimming through it and started reading on page 120, i finished the rest of it.u will never believe what happens in this book. mary has went through alot of things in this book.finding herself, breakin hrough her shell and much more(my opinion from where I started reading.)this book is...WOW!!!
Sep 27, 2010
Ages 12+ During the Summer of Love in suburban Oregon, good catholic girl Mary Margaret finds her own Rayanne Graff in Jane, and first boyfriend in Mitch. Recommend to those who enjoy Go Ask Alice.
Oct 01, 2011
LauraW
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Good coming of age story, with 60s backdrop. I skimmed some, but read most of it.
Feb 16, 2008
Deb
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This book grew on me the more I read it. Two friends in a Catholic school are rebelling against the strictures of 50's America. It's 1967 and women can think for themselves, but wise choices still must be made. The setting isn't all that important, because it speaks to all teen who are rebelling, but the times were 'achanging and it mirrored nicely what was going on in the story.
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