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published
April 14th 1997
(first published 1992)
by University of California Press
binding
Paperback, 224 pages
isbn
0520207289
(isbn13: 9780520207288)
description
Cynthia Kadohata explores human relationships in a Los Angeles of the future, where rich and poor are deeply polarized and where water, food, and gas,...more
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04/09/09
Dustin
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Read in April, 2009
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Suicidal people needing that final push
I only got about 20 pages into this worthless waste of paper before I realized that I would rather eat my own shit, vomit it up, eat it again, shit it all out again, and eat it again than read another page. In fact, if I did that, and then slapped my shit-vomit-shit-vomit between two pieces of paper, I would have written a better book. So, in that sense, this horrible piece of garbage has given me hope.
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Read in February, 2008
recommended to Courtney by:
BAM Challenge
- read for the February Book-a-Month Challenge 2008
The setting is Los Angeles about 50 years in the future. The government rations water and gas. Pollution and sickness are rampant. Loss of loved ones to death or the police is quite common. Yet, despite the gloom, we see how people still find hope through the main character, Francie, a teenage girl on the brink of adulthood. She, her family, her friends, and her boyfriend still seek love and friendship in the midst of chaos and desolation....more
The setting is Los Angeles about 50 years in the future. The government rations water and gas. Pollution and sickness are rampant. Loss of loved ones to death or the police is quite common. Yet, despite the gloom, we see how people still find hope through the main character, Francie, a teenage girl on the brink of adulthood. She, her family, her friends, and her boyfriend still seek love and friendship in the midst of chaos and desolation....more
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Read in January, 2009
