Books by Allegra Goodman
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review 1: When I read this book my first thoughts were about how creative of a story line it has. The story of the main character Honor and the rest of the characters in this "new world" keeps you on the edge of your seat. The futuristic way that the atmosphere the book takes place in is d...
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review 1: So far it's a page turner--contemporary story of upper middle class successful sisters, each in her own a way, a foil for the other. One is at the top of recent IPO in 1999, where shares have sailed through the roof and back, with a boyfriend in a similar role in an even newer IP...
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review 1: Thanks to global warming, the oceans have risen and covered most of the land. All that's left are a scattering of islands. And that's not all that's wrong. Honor and her parents have been relocated to a new home on Island 365 that's under the strict control of Earth Mother and he...
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review 1: Have to wait to be entertained. I greatly appreciate the author's effort in making an interesting post-apocalyptic story (and she might be a better adult writer), but this "first YA novel" frankly was not that thrilling. The best part of the novel was the setting up and descripti...
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review 1: This book is not about a cookbook collector. The eponymous cookbook collector only plays a very small part in the story, which is actually about two sisters and the listing on the stock market of two internet start-ups during the dot com era. It also covers issues (among others) ...