Sixteen-year-old Leenie is bitterly determined not to let the mother who left her as an infant back into her life, but a tentative friendship with a young photographer helps her see the situation from a new perspective.
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The many kinds of loveplatonic, romantic, maternalare explored in Calvert's compelling novel about a girl who learns to accept herself and those around her. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Grade 8-11 Sixteen-year-old Leenie was conceived during a one-time encounter between two naive high-school students and left to be raised by her maternal grandparents. Ever since third grade, when she learned the meaning of "illegitimate," Leenie has been unable to accept her yesterday, which makes facing today almost too painful to bear. "Today" includes the return of her mother, Mary Alice, who now wants a relationship with Leenie. It also includes Axel, an attractive young photographer. During their brief friendship, Axel helps Leenie confront her pains and insecuritiesprimarily her stifled sexuality. Afraid of making the mistake that Mary Alice made, Leenie has done everything possible to maintain her childish tomboy identity and to deny her approaching womanhood. All of the characters are marked by strong and distinguished personalities, but Leenie as a woman/child filled with bitterness and angry independence is an especially engrossing figure. Her emotional struggles are told in a fast-paced, tightly-written narrative. In a literary world filled with fluffy teen-age romance, it is refreshing to read a story that offers insight and depth of feeling. Heide Piehler, Shorewood Public Library, Wis.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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