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Sister Golden Hair (2014)

by Darcey Steinke(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1935639943 (ISBN13: 9781935639947)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Tin House Books

review 1: Not knowing her other books, I can't say how typical/atypical this particular item is. NEVERTHELESS, the Author gets it right: the voice of her narrator/protagonist ("Jesse"), the time, the place. As a reader, I tend towards the memoir and the memoiresque - the Price of Salt, Rat Girl, anything by Heather Lewis and, by those lights, this is one for the ages. Steinke manages to give us poetry - and, sure, Heavy Thoughts - without straining towards the "literary": we're inside, after all, the unmistakable mind of an impressionable teen. One of the author's achievements is a simplicity of expression that can, in the space of a paragraph, evoke both Rilke and Appalachian SF writer Doris Piserchia. Steinke successfully navigates the tightrope from 1972 to 1976, through parki... moreng lots, classrooms, and - most of all - the duplex community of Jesse's youth. Seamless and beautiful.
review 2: I thought I would love this book - because I'm the same age as the main character and wanted a chance to re-live the 70s through the vignettes of her life. Some of it was lovely - endearing and observant. Really did identify with Jesse, (although her name is spelled with the male variation which is weird). The author need to pay a bit more attention to her fact checking though - Lynard Skynard were not yet big in 1972 and Earth Shoes came later in the 70s - and did not exist as a fasion trend in 1972 either. I get distracted by these details. Anyhow - I did somewhat enjoy the first 3/4 of the book - and then ended up skimming the last 2 chapters just to get it over with - I'd lost interest by that time. less

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