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My Life in Print
I too re-read this book upon learning of the death of its author. I loved it as much now as I did when I read it 50 years ago. It described perfectly my own youth, the days of peaceful languid summers, Sunday dinners with the family, the wonder of having a boy like me, having to get mom and dad's permission for each date, living with two older sisters and a younger one. Angie's life was my life. Was she naive? Yes. Was I? YES! That to me was the utter charm of the book. It pictured so beautifully a time when young people could be naive, when they could be charmed by the ROMANCE of first love. I feel badly that today's youth will never know that charm, burdened are they are with modern sexual demands. Kids today move right on to sex, and cheat themselves of love. Very sad; a true loss of life's more affirming experiences. I'm glad Ms Daly wrote it down. Wonderful for those lucky enough to have lived it; great for those who can at least read about it.
I will always remember this book.
I read this book when I was a teenager (many many years ago) and I loved it. I was feeling very romantic about love, and told myself "This is how love will happen to me." It was such a happy book, and it made me feel so good.
The summer I was 18, I met my future husband, and I felt as if I was living the book because we fell in love that summer and it was everything I dreamed of. I'm still in love with my husband, and we've been married for almost 50 years, and I've never forgotten the book. When I read of Ms. Daly's recent death, I felt I had to write and express my feelings.
And I ordered the book! I'm sure I'll still love it as much as I did back then.
the good and bad
I loved this story I thought it was a good book with a plot line that everyone could understand and relate to. What I did not like was the vagueness of the book. In some parts it would never say "they kissed" or "she broke up with him" it would just kind of end or tries to describe it using weird metaphors that made no sense. I think in other scenes of the book and less important ones their was too much description and made u lose the story. So I loved the plotline and idea but the way it was carried out was not the best.
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