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Fifteen-year-old Karen spends the summer with her unusual Aunt Augusta and learns many things about love, life, and the complexities of growing up. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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On the surface this seems like a typical summer coming of age story: the extended visit with a relative, the idle small town, some romance, but what I liked was how Pei got deeper into that mercurial time when you're learning to shift your relationships with relatives from that of a kid to an adult. Karen's Aunt Augusta tells her a great deal of secrets and gives out knowledge that Karen's unsure if she's able to handle yet.
For a Chicago teen (even a suburban one), 15 and a half year old Karen seemed at times a little too naive about some unpleasant realities, with expectations more suited to the early 60s than the mid 80s. Overall though I think Pei struck a good balance in how he dealt with Karen's coming to terms, through Augusta, with her parents' fallibility, how she herself acts with others, and different perceptions of love. There were times, especially early in the book, when the tone seemed too academic somehow in its treatment of the characters and how it was set up. By that I mean that it seemed written by someone whose written a lot more about these books more than actually enjoying them.
But those misgivings were submerged by how much I enjoyed reading the simple and direct prose and following Karen's thoughts as she for the first time becomes aware of the complex relationships people can share and that most things aren't as straight-forward as they appear. ( )