false <![CDATA[Goldengrove: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256074497m/3329521.jpg 3329521 7 At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend. Over one haunted summer, Nico must face that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them. She learns about the power of art, of time and place, the mystery of loss and recovery. But for all the darkness at the novel's heart, the narrative itself is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life. Goldengrove takes its place among the great novels of adolescence, beside Henry James's The Awkward Age and L. P. Hartley's The Go-Between. 3367522 book 9 2008 Goldengrove total:662|5:57|4:207|3:265|2:118|1:15| 662 2159 1320 241 3 2 false false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 06:44:33 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 14:05:42 -0800 2008
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The poetic language, though, is one of the issues I had with the book. It flows so well throughout ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 09:06:50 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 10:31:28 -0700 2008 Over Goldengrove unleaving?

For those of you familiar with the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, you know that this novel is not going to be a happy one. But please don’t let that stop you from reading Prose’s latest; it is certainly worth your time.
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Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By & by, nor spare a sigh
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Following the life of thirteen year old Nico, Goldengrove is beautifully written and wonderfully told. The plot may no...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 08:20:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:20:44 -0700 2009 Pages: 275
Genre: Tragedy, coming-of-age, and a little mystery mixed in
Rating: 10/10
Wow.
I can't tell you how much I love this book. Nico is boating with her beautiful sister, Margaret, when she drowns. Turns out, Margaret had a heart condition tha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:19:52 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:47:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:18:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 13:21:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:40:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:52:55 -0700 2008
I picked this galley up at BEA, and it's been sitting unread ever since. The title didn't do it for me, neither did the jacket. What a big mistake on my part because Goldengrove is gorg...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 07:30:17 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:39:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 20:25:45 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 18:44:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 17:17:27 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:33:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3329521