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In Frühlingsnächten (2012)

by Jetta Carleton(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

3462043943 (ISBN13: 9783462043945)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Kiepenheuer & Witsch

review 1: I am so glad to have found this book ! It's being called an "undiscovered classic " . I'm not sure I'd go that far in describing it, although I highly enjoyed it . I think the way they discovered the book and the story behind it might be what makes it so much better . Jetta Carleton only wrote one other book in her lifetime : The Moonflower Vine " ,which I have yet to read. It was written in the 1960's . Clair deLune was written in the 1990's . The author had a stroke shortly after completing it and was unable to speak . After a severe storm in their state ( Missouri ), her nephew thought the only copy of this book had been destroyed in the storm,but they found it and had it published . It sounds to me like the book was probably taken directly from Jetta's life . It's abou... moret a young girl who came from a family of teachers, so it became her "profession" as a young adult. She really was unsettled with her career choice ,but felt she had no other options but to follow the family tradition. Her mother sounds like she was a very demanding person in Jetta's life,so she felt that she ,alone,wasn't permitted to chart her own course in life . She lands a job straight out of college ,as a Junior College teacher . Being that she is the age of some of her students, she wanted to cross that line and become their friends ,not just their teacher. This is where the conflict arises that will dramatically change her life . It's a story heard all too often now,in our news. A young teacher crosses a line and wants to be more than a teacher to the kids . It usually ends very badly . This story kinda leaves you dangling at the end,wondering what happened . You never really know, but can guess if you do a little research on Jetta's actual life. I think this book was taken from her own story much more that she is willing to admit . I'll give this a 4/5 ,mainly because of the way the book was discovered, and the age-old story of what our parents somehow EXPECT out of us that we are not really happy in pursuing. How many of us go against the grain and choose our own path ,rather than to follow the path laid out for us ? I think Jetta may have taken the harder path,but may have also been much happier because of it . At least I'd like to think so . There's also a song with the same title .Not sure how that was chosen for the title of the book,but it's a very pretty song !
review 2: A story about a young woman who teaches English at a junior college in a small southern Missouri town. She discovers herself and her ultimate desires as well as grow up into adulthood. It's early WWII time period, and her innocence about the war, naivete, and denial, then admittance are explored.It was a quick fun read. Carelton did a great job describing the settings, feelings, mood, characters, and atmoshpere. I could really put myself in the main character's shoes and felt as though I could experience the same things.My favorite parts of the book are the adventures she has during the nighttime. Carelton did such a great job portraying youth being playful, michevious, and innocent at that time. less

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