Not exact matches
Immaculately composed and lit like a series
of moving paintings, The
Reader is a coming -
of -
age story, a twilight reflection on the
past and an unusual meditation on German Holocaust guilt.
I know there is a difference between a real bestseller (a book that sells over a long period
of time, is read by multiple generations and
ages of readers) and let's say, to take a book
of the
past, Arthur Hailey's Airport.
She manages to capture raw emotion with a wave
of nostalgia that captivates not only her primary audience
of young adult
readers, but also those
of us who, at least in theory, have moved
past the
age of soaring crushes and crushing heartbreak.
And these 16 - 17 year - olds also led all other
age groups in borrowing books, especially print books: 65 %
of high schoolers who read a print book in the
past year had checked one out from a public library in that time period, compared with 48 %
of all print
readers.
*** Due to strong language, violence, and sexual situations, this series is not intended for
readers under the
age of 18 *** Polar opposites, and yet attracted like magnets... When Alma Lancaster lands her dream job at King Productions, she is determined to move forward without letting the
past drag her down.