Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
reviewdate:
Jun 3 2019
isn:
9780425290439
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Young Jane Young
reviewdate:
Jul 24 2017
isn:
9781616205041
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Roller Girl: a Lake Lovelace Novel
reviewdate:
Jun 28 2017
isn:
9781626494183
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Buried on Avenue B
It's weird when a book takes place in a neighborhood you know incredibly well, but is in a universe you've heard about but don't recognize, populated by alcoholic, bigoted police officers. Buried on Avenue B has a second location, Sarasota, Florida, which is not far from Tampa, where I went to grad school. The people in the Publix grocery stores in Sarasota are depicted as nicer than the ones I encountered in Tampa, but there was one commonality--old men bagging groceries. De Jonge assumes they're doing it for the minimum wage. In my naivete, I want to believe it is for something to do.
reviewdate:
Jun 26 2013
isn:
978-0-06-209712-5
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Mousetrapped: a Year and a Bit in Orlando, Florida
An Irish woman in her mid-twenties spends a year (and a bit) working at an Orlando hotel and taking in the local attractions. She's a huge space program fan, and her description of the Kennedy Space Center made me want to visit. Her love of Disney isn't quite as compelling, to me, anyway. It's cute, though.
reviewdate:
Oct 30 2012
isn:
978-1-46559816