false <![CDATA[Goodbye Lemon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172260722m/155871.jpg 155871 3 A piercing and hilarious story about love, family, and redemption by the author of <i>The Frog King</i>. <br><br> Jack Tennant is going home. Against his better judgment, he has succumbed to his mother's guilt-laden pleas that he see his estranged father. Jack's do-gooder girlfriend believes that this trip is a chance for Jack to achieve peace with his family, but there's a lot she doesn't know about the Tennants. So Jack finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to make a decision he's avoided for years. Should he walk away and leave his crazy family to solve their problems without him? Or should he try to mend fences that have been broken for as long as he can remember? 150408 1 8 2006 Goodbye Lemon total:233|5:44|4:73|3:81|2:28|1:7| 233 818 319 36 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 04:19:25 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 04:35:54 -0800 2008 The Frog King when I was in high school, likely because I aspired to his vocabulary and apparently had extremely low standards for writing styles. I read a few pages of it again recently and was quite confused as to why I had forced my friends and family to read such a crap book.
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If I gave anything away about this book, I'll give it all away because it connects beautifully at the end.

The gist? A man (Jack) returns home to his long-estranged family because his social-worker girl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:01:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 17:57:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 18 22:45:29 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 05 08:41:39 -0800 2009 Amazon.com helpfully recommended it to me. Being on a nonfiction kick at the time, I put it off for a month or so, until I ran into Adam one night while working at Borders. Hadn't seen him in 4...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:13:48 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:39:24 -0700 2009
The book matches a light read (chick-lit that a boy would like, s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 26 17:48:07 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 17:49:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 11:42:12 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:43:04 -0800 2009 5 0 true false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:44:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:44:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 09:27:16 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 09:31:48 -0700 2007 In particular the description of a funeral, which brought to mind memories of losing a friend...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 14:04:05 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 14:09:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:10:12 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:21:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 03 06:38:58 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 06:55:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 14 08:06:40 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 14:37:34 -0700 2008 the Frog King but did have that same pathetic-and-troubled-yet-somehow-lovable main character type, and I found myself routing for him even when he didn't deserve it. I love a book that can turn ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 17 15:44:20 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:10:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:47:41 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 03:24:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 08 21:53:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 30 23:04:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 06:51:59 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:59:59 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Feb 20 01:16:46 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 05 21:39:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jan 25 05:41:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 06:29:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=155871