false 2432061 1 <div>Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller: growing up vegetarian in a family of bodybuilders will do that to a person. But William is further weakened by the death of his mother, the arrival of a new step-mother, and his irrepressible crush on his new step-sister, Lulu. As Lulu faces down her own challenges, William watches his life shift into tumult and despair. Once Lulu departs for college, Will goes into the world to find himself &#8212; discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, enduring friendship, and, ultimately, his true calling. Emboldened by his turn as a late-night radio personality, Will rescues himself from the self-image of weakness he'd long wished to escape. This debut novel explores the fundamental difference between where we come from &#8212; and the endless possibilities of where we may go.</div> 2439249 21 7 2008 All About Lulu total:234|5:59|4:91|3:61|2:17|1:6| 234 882 544 71 4 4 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 11:01:31 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 11:01:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 01 12:29:42 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 12:43:54 -0800 2008
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All About Lulu is a book exploring the American psyche from the 1960's up to the 1990's through the mind of Will M...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 10:12:38 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 09:41:08 -0700 2008
I was really into the book until things started getting a little convoluted. I'm usually one of those people who c...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 06:28:53 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 06:36:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 30 09:31:22 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 17:35:56 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 09:31:22 -0700 2008 HERE:
http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-30/cultu...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 12:37:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 18:26:26 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 19:12:59 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 14:16:09 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 19:05:04 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 21:35:38 -0700 2008 Lulu has all the makings of a good book. It's a complexly woven and somewhat original love-and-loss tale with emotion-inducing characters told by a seemingly warm and friendly narrator named Will. Unfortunately, as things progress, the author amasses more and more of the makings of a bad book. Awkwa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 11 22:19:23 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 11:27:09 -0700 2008 post-read: All About Lulu is a really really good book. Really! It's one of those books that moves so fast and smoothly, it really pushes you along, hurrying you toward brink after brink; though really it's always the same brink, it's just delayed for over three hundred pages. Plus it's really funny...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:02:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:14:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 10:54:15 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 10:56:04 -0700 2008 Jonathan Evison's newest book "All About Lulu" is the one of those brilliant coming of age novels that make you agonize and adore everything about maturity. The story's narrator Will is a characters who is not beautiful or extraordinary. However he is incredibly real and every page i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 14 12:59:55 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:03:28 -0800 2008
This is true love ...

Jonathan Evison's pain is our gain. ALL ABOUT LULU reads like a poem, all rhythm and grace. Effortless from the reader's end, which makes the mastery all the more impressive.

But beyond ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:58:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 11:53:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 20 14:01:44 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 14:02:06 -0800 2008 4 1 false true Mon Sep 29 14:48:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 14:52:27 -0700 2008 and the way that Lolity and Lulu were overly sexual as children... so many simularities.
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