I’ve read this book a bunch of times, the first of which was when I was 9. I needed a book to read and asked my dad for a suggestion. Vonnegut is what he gave me.* I reread BoC in order to write about the experience of reading it at such a young age for Celia’s comp zine Atlas of Childhood about children’s books.
Stay tuned to AoC #3 for my take on it.
CATS: surprisingly, given the wide cast of characters, no
*At least that's how I remember it.
Quotations:
"Every time you went into the library," said the book, "the Creator of the Universe held His breath. With such a higgeldy-piggeldy cultural smorgasbord before you, what would you, with your free will, choose?" p. 263
reviewdate:
Jul 16 2011
isn:
0-8085-9942-9
Comments
Danna (not verified)
Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:03pm
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Oh, Dad. Do you remember
Oh, Dad. Do you remember when I was hooked on V.C. Andrews novels in elementary school? No censorship in our house!
jenna
Tue, 08/02/2011 - 1:43pm
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Cousin Sandy is the one who
Cousin Sandy is the one who turned me on to V.C. Andrews. I'm not sure I was quite as young as you were when I first read Flowers in the Attic, though.