Publisher's Weekly Review
In the summer between high school and college, 17-year-old Angie falls in love for the first time with local boy Jack Duluth. Their summer romance blossoms, but separation looms. In the fall, Jack's family will move out of state and Angie will leave for college. Julia Whelan's narration hits all the right notes. Her rendition of Angie perfectly conveys the innocence, naivete, yearning, anxiety, and rapture of a young girl discovering love for the first time. She is equally adept at capturing Jack, with his deeper voice, humble honesty, and "aw-shucks" country twang. Whelan also ably responds to directions in the text, e.g., when Angie's sister is described as speaking in a falsely bright, overly casual voice, Whelan nails her tone exactly. This audio is as breezy, touching, and enjoyable as a summer romance. Ages 12-up. A Simon Pulse paperback. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Often casually lumped with the formula teen romances it inspired, Maureen Daly's novel of more than sixty years ago was and remains a true original. The story of Angie's first love is richly textured by the evocation of its small-town Wisconsin setting; Angie's relationships with her parents and sisters also add depth. While references clearly reveal the book to be an artifact from another era, the writing is lyrical but spare, not florid but intensely romantic. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
A small Wisconsin town is the background for a story that transcends its 1940s aura in its depiction of the angst and awe of a teenage girl's first love.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In the summer between high school and college, 17-year-old Angie falls in love for the first time with local boy Jack Duluth. Their summer romance blossoms, but separation looms. In the fall, Jack's family will move out of state and Angie will leave for college. Julia Whelan's narration hits all the right notes. Her rendition of Angie perfectly conveys the innocence, naivete, yearning, anxiety, and rapture of a young girl discovering love for the first time. She is equally adept at capturing Jack, with his deeper voice, humble honesty, and "aw-shucks" country twang. Whelan also ably responds to directions in the text, e.g., when Angie's sister is described as speaking in a falsely bright, overly casual voice, Whelan nails her tone exactly. This audio is as breezy, touching, and enjoyable as a summer romance. Ages 12-up. A Simon Pulse paperback. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Often casually lumped with the formula teen romances it inspired, Maureen Daly's novel of more than sixty years ago was and remains a true original. The story of Angie's first love is richly textured by the evocation of its small-town Wisconsin setting; Angie's relationships with her parents and sisters also add depth. While references clearly reveal the book to be an artifact from another era, the writing is lyrical but spare, not florid but intensely romantic. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
A small Wisconsin town is the background for a story that transcends its 1940s aura in its depiction of the angst and awe of a teenage girl's first love.