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The Girls From The Five Great Valleys (1977)

by Elizabeth Savage(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

AmazonEncore

review 1: I enjoyed this book, but the ending was odd. Set during the Depression, in Montana and five different girls more or less coming of age. This was a rediscovered book on Nancy Pearl's booklist (Book Lust).From Amazon: Five girls. Five dreams. Five destinies.Determined to climb the social ladder in Missoula, Montana, Hilary knows appearances are crucial to getting ahead—but she’s in for a rude awakening. With a rough home life, Doll seeks every chance she can to escape and hang out with one of the local bad boys, but her need to be noticed may land her in serious trouble. Janet hasn’t inherited the smarts of her doctor father, but she’s content to let life lead her rather than grab the steering wheel. Kathy’s the smartest of the group, but her know-it-all attitude c... morean be a real turnoff. Amelia has her mother’s drop-dead gorgeous looks and blue-blood Montana roots, but with a handicapped sister and an absent father, her world is waiting to shatter.As the leader of the group, Hilary doesn’t make any decisions without carefully calculating the potential outcome. She’s chosen the others to be her friends in order to help her achieve her goals, but each of these young women is about to discover there’s little they can control when it comes to what fate has in store.
review 2: I just found out I won this book in a First Reads drawing. I will post a review as soon as I've read it.UPDATE: I don’t really know what to say about this book. I enjoyed reading it, but I don’t feel that it changed my life in any way. It didn’t make me cry or say to other people, “you have to read this book.”At least two of the five girls (presumably main characters) were just filler, flat characters there to move the plot along for the real movers and shakers. Heck, some of the parents were more necessary to the story than two of the teenage girls of the title. The themes of the book are love and loyalty, and the author plays those out well.It’s a fine book. I just wouldn’t consider reading it more than once. less

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