Family Resemblances [Import] [Paperback]

Lowry Pei (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Pavanne / Pan Books (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330298151
• ISBN-13: 978-0330298155
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,021,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Fifteen Year Old Learns About Herself and Life, May 8, 2009

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Bonnie Brody "Book Lover and Knitter" (Port St. Lucie, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family Resemblances (Paperback)

This is a very good novel about a fifteen year old girl who spends a summer with her
'individualistic' aunt and learns about love, happiness, conflict and loss. She also
learns how life involves sacrifice, striving and constantly coming to grips with what
exists within and without oneself. Secrets are shared and norms changes.

All of this is written from the perspective of the fifteen year old and makes for easy
and insightful reading.

4.0 out of 5 stars a teen thing, February 5, 2001

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dragonfly check me out at [e-mail] (qld, australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family Resemblances (Hardcover)

This book will appeal to girls between the ages of around 12 and 15. It has the experiences of a girl who feels unwanted. For the younger readers, it will have a few squeamish bits for you. Overall this book is great. It has the teen girl, the love interest and the stories of her Aunt Augusta.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves a wide audience, October 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Family Resemblances (Hardcover)

Difficult to see how this could rate lower than five stars, or to understand the one reviewer's remarks about George relative to the rest of the novel. Funny, too, that this is seen as a teen novel by some. Yes, it would be good for teens. But I have passed it around for years, particularly to women who grew up in the midwest during the period. All agree that it is right on the money with characterization, setting, etc. Bottom line: It's a wonderfully written and realized story, and one wonders why Pei has not published more. He is a sensitive, lucid, and evocative stylist with a wry, warm, expansive vision of humanity. Do what you can to get your hands on a copy--or copies--and pass them around.