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Cute.
What I'll remember: dominos; half-talents; Violet's parents' taste in clothes; the multi-cultural friends; how Violet, Leda, and Janelle would read their own books in separate corners of whosever bedroom they were in after school--alone but together in comfortable silence; certain music references I'd like to look up; bacon and banana pancakes with coconut on top and maple syrup; that Violet likes reading and sports (baseball); Chicago/Miami/the island
"You," said Mr. Axelrod to me again, b ...more
What I'll remember: dominos; half-talents; Violet's parents' taste in clothes; the multi-cultural friends; how Violet, Leda, and Janelle would read their own books in separate corners of whosever bedroom they were in after school--alone but together in comfortable silence; certain music references I'd like to look up; bacon and banana pancakes with coconut on top and maple syrup; that Violet likes reading and sports (baseball); Chicago/Miami/the island
"You," said Mr. Axelrod to me again, b ...more
Lovely story of Violet and her journey towards womanhood. Delightfully funny and warm.
