That Archer Girl. Seventeen, slim, blonde, bright, and beautiful - that's the Archer girl. She has aquamarine eyes fringed with thick, dark lashes; she wears expensive clothes from the "smartest" shops; she drives her own Thunderbird convertible; she's the only child of Lakeside's wealthy, most important family. Anne Archer has everything that a girl could possibly want, except true friendship and true love.
During her senior year at Auburn Academy, a private girls school in an exclusive Chicago suburb, Anne contemplates her problems. The question is, will she ever realize that many of them are of her own making? A girl can have stunning, alluring beauty and every material object imaginable, but without the unconditional love of sincere parents and friends, it is difficult to feel genuinely secure. Though Anne Archer may be the source of her own problems, the reader may see the root of her difficulties is in her own home. Even best friend Christie Cochran and good looking Ron Harper are not safe from Anne's manipulations to prove herself to the world. And manipulating can be an explosive maneuver.
A girl might think that she would want to trade places with That Archer Girl, but there is no substitution for loving, supportive family and friends. Reading about Anne Archer reminds the reader of the truly important things in life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Money doesn't breed character,
By Michele Wood (Cadillac, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: That Archer Girl (Hardcover)
Unlike the other review, I think this is Anne Emery's best book.She was my favorite author as a teenager growing up in the 60s. The rest of her books were right out of "The Brady Bunch"...hardly realistic. But "That Archer Girl" is different, and even though Anne is rich and beautiful, it teaches us that maybe those kind of assets are not enough...one must have character, which Anne lacks. And I loved that fact that Anne got her comeuppance in the end, which she richly deserves.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A failed YA "Gone with the Wind",
By A Customer
This review is from: That Archer Girl (Hardcover)
"That Archer Girl" is a somewhat unsuccessful version of "Gone with the Wind" (although on not such a life-and-death, Civil War scale!) in that it portrays an extremely self-centered, attractive young woman who is so intent on manipulating every man around her that she risks losing the one she could actually care for.Published in 1959, this book chronicles a few weeks in the life of Anne Archer, bored high school senior in a socially prominant Chicago family who doesn't know what she'll do after her "debut" at the end of her senior year. She is infuriated by any man who doesn't pay her the level of attention she believes she is owed. The main reason for giving this book such a low rating (I would probably rate it 2 1/2 if halves were allowed) is that Anne just doesn't seem to learn or grow. She's impossible to like, unlike Scarlett O'Hara who at least had real situations to overcome that required some pluck. Most of Anne Emery's other books are delightful (the Burnaby family, Dinny Gordon, etc.). Anne Archer is unfortunately not one of her endearing heroines.
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