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pattydsf 's review for:
George and Lizzie
by Nancy Pearl
”There they both were, Lizzie and George, in their separate worlds, surely a clue to what their future relationship would be. George steps towards the line, brings his arm forward and smoothly lets go of his ball and at the same moment Lizzie tries to throw her ball spinning down the alley, but something immediately goes wrong.”
My husband’s paternal grandparents were named George and Lizzie. I never met George, but Lizzie lived into her 90’s and was a force to be reckoned with. I am very glad that I knew her. So we named our daughter Elizabeth after her great grandmother and called her Lizzie. A little over a year ago, our daughter and husband had their first child and his name is George. It is clear that I was predisposed to like this novel.
However, for much of the story, I was not at all fond of Lizzie. She behaves very badly in high school and then seemingly falls in love with the first man she meets in college. And this guy is not even George. Even after reading the whole book, I am not sure what George saw in Lizzie. I mean Pearl tells us and George does appear to be in love, but Lizzie doesn’t seem worthy of George.
Until the end. Everything was redeemed at the end. Thank goodness since I didn’t want to dislike a character with the same name as our daughter.
I am glad that I read Pearl’s first novel. I have followed Pearl’s career like most public librarians, and I have enjoyed hearing Pearl speak. She has done what my mother thinks I should do – taken all the knowledge she has gained from all her reading and turned it into an interesting tale. Maybe my mom will adopt Nancy Pearl since I am never planning to write any books.
Although I did finally like this novel, two of my favorite parts were not written by Pearl. They are the poems at the beginning and end of the book. The first is The Bell are Ringing for Me and Chagall by Terrence Winch. The story ends with Atlas by U. A. Fanthorpe. Pearl has, in my opinion, great taste in poetry.
My husband’s paternal grandparents were named George and Lizzie. I never met George, but Lizzie lived into her 90’s and was a force to be reckoned with. I am very glad that I knew her. So we named our daughter Elizabeth after her great grandmother and called her Lizzie. A little over a year ago, our daughter and husband had their first child and his name is George. It is clear that I was predisposed to like this novel.
However, for much of the story, I was not at all fond of Lizzie. She behaves very badly in high school and then seemingly falls in love with the first man she meets in college. And this guy is not even George. Even after reading the whole book, I am not sure what George saw in Lizzie. I mean Pearl tells us and George does appear to be in love, but Lizzie doesn’t seem worthy of George.
Until the end. Everything was redeemed at the end. Thank goodness since I didn’t want to dislike a character with the same name as our daughter.
I am glad that I read Pearl’s first novel. I have followed Pearl’s career like most public librarians, and I have enjoyed hearing Pearl speak. She has done what my mother thinks I should do – taken all the knowledge she has gained from all her reading and turned it into an interesting tale. Maybe my mom will adopt Nancy Pearl since I am never planning to write any books.
Although I did finally like this novel, two of my favorite parts were not written by Pearl. They are the poems at the beginning and end of the book. The first is The Bell are Ringing for Me and Chagall by Terrence Winch. The story ends with Atlas by U. A. Fanthorpe. Pearl has, in my opinion, great taste in poetry.