My Old Sweetheart [Import] [Hardcover]

Susanna Moore (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus / Hogarth Press; First Printing edition (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0701126744
• ISBN-13: 978-0701126742
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars my old sweetheart, January 31, 2003

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karen kate balnig (Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Old Sweetheart (Paperback)

my old sweetheart is a beautifully written story about the complexity of human relationships and the richness of human experiences. It was presented in a 12-year old girl's perspective of issues such as disillusionment, adultery,and , suicide.
A very moving story that is totally unsentimental.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully sensed and written..., July 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: My Old Sweetheart (Paperback)

Susanna Moore's strength is her mapping of physical and mental landscapes. Wonderful tropical Hawaii provides the setting for this tale of the life of an exotic, eccentric and highly dysfunctional family. Sensual and sad but not as precise and overwhelming as "In the Cut".

4 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More a review of Susanna Moore- to correct - AHEM, January 11, 2003

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MIKO (Wish I Knew. San Francisco?) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Old Sweetheart (Paperback)

I was student of Susanna Moore in a creative writing class at Yale. I take SERIOUS offense -for Susanna's/Ms. Moor's sake- when I hear someone disrespecting her as I have seen in one review above... Susanna Moore is EXTREMELY APPROACHABLE- perhaps "haughty" only in a fun sense of "playing a character"- but I found her to be more delightfully quirky- with a child's innocence, and yet NOT AT ALL, actually. She was a fine teacher also- able to field a group and be truly honest... I don't remember shat she stopped herself from saying much- kkinda liek another teacher I had before- both of whom could show how teaching is about fearlessness and honesty. I wanted to reply just to clarify that I can't - after numerous classes with Susanna Moore- I think I even used her in a college video documentary- I never, ever experienced a negative side to her character! Seh was completely approachable- and not just by me- by most of the class- I think. Some people thought she was a "character" - but- well- she is- a zany but cool one.