false <![CDATA[How the Light Gets In]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178279538m/779253.jpg 251052 5 <div>Lou Connor, a gifted but unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney, Australia. When she is offered a place as an exchange student at a college in Illinois, it seems as if her dreams are going to be fulfilled. Her host family, the Hardings, has a large and beautiful house in Illinois and couldn't be more welcoming. Everything is perfect. Until Lou starts having to live in the suffocating and repressed atmosphere of the Hardings' suburban mansion and things start to go terribly wrong. How the Light Gets In is an acutely observed tale of adolescence. But more than that, it is an intelligent and darkly humorous study of human aspiration, self-sabotage, and the dislocation and alienation felt by an outsider. In Lou Connor, M. J. Hyland has created a complex and unforgettable protagonist who mesmerizes the reader with her vivacity and vulnerability, from hopeful beginning to unexpected, haunting end.</div> 2452847 2004 How the Light Gets In total:392|5:35|4:122|3:160|2:62|1:13| 392 1280 624 52 251052 1841956112 9781841956114 337 39 How the Light Gets In 3.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173145124m/251052.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251052.How_the_Light_Gets_In 2 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 29 11:42:31 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 09 21:12:22 -0700 2008 I didn't love it.
It tried too hard to be Catcher in the Rye. I think she says that is her favorite book 870 times throughout the story and how she relates to... we get it you are the female version.

But I've read worse. ]]> 251052 1841956112 9781841956114 337 39 How the Light Gets In 3.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173145124m/251052.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251052.How_the_Light_Gets_In 4 3 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 18:35:49 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 18:43:24 -0800 2008
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It's one o...more...]]> 251052 1841956112 9781841956114 337 39 How the Light Gets In 3.27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173145124m/251052.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251052.How_the_Light_Gets_In 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 10 09:18:55 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 09:22:00 -0700 2007 Also, there is another layer to her writing. 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