Jennifer's review
The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
Jennifer's review
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
Jennifer's review
rating:
recommended for: Pre-teens and teens; those who remember that age
I read a review of this book that said "ugh, nothing happened." But it was precisely because nothing happened that made this an interesting and true-to-life book. Our heroine, Frankie Addams aka F. Jasmine Addams, is 12 years old. It's one of those endless summers when you are young and absolutely nothing happens, though you wait and wait and hope and hope. Near the end of the summer, Frankie's brother announces he's getting married, and Frankie constructs an elaborate fantasy in which she's going to leave with the bride and groom after the wedding. If you can remember the plans you made when you were 12, you may like this book, even though you'll relive some of the pain of that age. It was well-written enough to bring me back to the time when it seemed nothing was possible but also everything was possible.
