<![CDATA[Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255838310m/2251775.jpg 2251775 10 After earning rave reviews with her rock-and-roll memoir But Enough About Me, Jancee Dunn takes on fiction in this comically poignant debut, a perfect read for anyone who has ever looked back nostalgically and wondered what might have been. At thirty-eight, Lillian Curtis is content with her life. She enjoys her routine as a producer for a talk show in New York City starring showbiz veteran Vi (“short for vibrant”) Barbour, a spirited senior. Lillian’s relationship with her husband is pleasant if no longer exciting. Most nights she is more than happy to come home to her apartment and crawl into her pajamas. Then she’s hit with a piece of shocking news: Her husband wants a divorce. Blindsided, Lillian takes a leave of absence and moves back to her parents’ home in suburban New Jersey. Nestled in her childhood bedroom, where Duran Duran and Squeeze posters still cover the walls, she finds high school memories a healing salve to her troubles. She hurtles backward into her teen years, driving too fast, digging up mix tapes, and tentatively reconciling with Dawn, a childhood friend she once betrayed. Punctuating her stroll down memory lane is an invitation to the Bethel Memorial High School class of 1988 twenty-year reunion. It just might be Lillian’s chance to reconnect with her long-lost boyfriend, Christian Somers, who is expected to attend. Will it be just like heaven? Lillian discovers, as we all must, the pitfalls of glorifying the glory days, the mortification of failing as a thirtysomething adult, and the impossibility of fully recapturing the past. Don’t You Forget About Me is for anyone who looks back and wonders: What if? 2257656 29 7 2008 Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel total:358|5:19|4:100|3:143|2:79|1:17| 358 1099 689 117 3 1 false true Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:56:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:59:04 -0700 2008 http://www.statesman.com/life/content/li...)

A 20-year reunion is coming up for Lily Curtis and, fresh off an unexpected divorce, she regresses to her teenage state: She lives at home with the folks, Rick Springfield's on the tape deck and she's crushing on her h...more...]]> 1 1 false true Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 13:21:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 13:39:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 20:35:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:35:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 23 09:52:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 09:57:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 03 04:52:06 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 04:57:38 -0700 2009
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Hell, it's not even that long-awaited autobiography of Jim Kerr I've been waiting to see published. I'm particularly interested in the Chrissy Hynde years, obviously.

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