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Maureen McCoy

Teoksen Junebug tekijä

6+ teosta 50 jäsentä 1 Review

Tekijän teokset

Junebug (2004) 19 kappaletta
Walking After Midnight (1985) 13 kappaletta
Divining Blood (1992) 9 kappaletta
At swim : a book about the sea (2016) 5 kappaletta
Summertime (1988) 3 kappaletta

Associated Works

The Best American Magazine Writing 2009 (2010) — Avustaja — 36 kappaletta

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female

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Lottie Jay is supposed to be this tough, sarcastic, wannabe country songwriter. Obsessed with Elvis Presley, Time magazine, and painting her nails, Lottie leaves her husband, goes on an alcoholic bender, crashes her 57 Chevy, and survives a stint in rehab. The premise is good. Sounds exciting. I like tough as nails women as protagonists. The only problem there was nothing else to endear me to Lottie. She leaves her farmer husband after he ridicules her songwriting abilities but not before she tapes her diaphragm to the bathroom mirror as some kind of perverse voodoo warning. Weird.
the plot mostly centers on Lottie's bad choices in men. While she is not technically divorced from her alcoholic husband, Owen won Lottie over by taking her to see an Elvis impersonator concert, but Georgie won her over by looking like Elvis. Everyone is deeply flawed so you don't know who to root for.
I did, however, love the character of tough-as-nails wheelchair bound Matilda. "Matt" was the best character in the book. McCoy paints her as a pathetic, fat and unhealthy lesbian, but I thought she was the most believable character in the whole book.
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SeriousGrace | Jan 27, 2024 |

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