Describe Of Books Hard Love
| Title | : | Hard Love |
| Author | : | Ellen Wittlinger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2001 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. LGBT. Romance. GLBT. Queer |
Narration In Favor Of Books Hard Love
Since his parents' divorce, John's mother hasn't touched him, her new fiancé wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son. It's no wonder John writes articles like "Interview with the Stepfather" and "Memoirs from Hell." The only release he finds is in homemade zines like the amazing Escape Velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." Haning around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape Velocity, John meets Marisol and a hard love is born.
While at first their friendship is based on zines, dysfunctional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. Unfortunately, John mistakes this growing intimacy for love, and a disastrous date to his junior prom leaves that friendship in ruins. Desperately hoping to fix things, John convinces Marisol to come with him to a zine conference on Cape Cod. On the sandy beaches by the Bluefish Wharf Inn, John realizes just how hard love can be.
With keen insight into teenage life, Ellen Wittlinger delivers a story of adolescence that is fierce and funny — and ultimately transforming — even as it explores the pain of growing up.
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| Original Title: | Hard Love |
| ISBN: | 068984154X (ISBN13: 9780689841545) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2000), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2001), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award (2000) |
Rating Of Books Hard Love
Ratings: 3.75 From 7052 Users | 466 ReviewsCommentary Of Books Hard Love
Holden Caulfield-esque loner John finds friendship in a lesbian girl, Marisol, whose zine he admires. I found myself interested for the first part of the book, or until the protagonist experiences unrequited love for said friend. While this serves as the turning point in the book, as well as the catalyst for John's growth and development as a character, it seems a bit tried-and-true...even a bit cliche? While I'm sure it makes for good teen angst, I found myself wondering if the book wouldn'tI want to say this is an easy read but it wouldnt do the experience justice. Insightful and heart-tugging.
so - more damaged kids attracting each other like magnets, filling in the places left by distant, absent, or overinvolved adults. a strange choice for LGBTQPR3Z week. sure, it is about a friendless boy whose home life is emotionally barren and a firecracker of a lesbian, but it isn't really about sexuality - that part is used more as window dressing than spotlit, and only serves as an obstacle to keep the characters from kissing. she's cool, he's not, and yet they form a relationship based on
Hard Love Ellen Wittlinger Walking passed that person- that girl or guy you just cant stop thinking of-gives you a bag of butterflies fluttering around in your stomach. You find your mind wondering off. How wonderful life wou- then you come back to earth realizing that no matter what he/she will never love you back. This is the slice of a bigger heart in the book Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger. In the book Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger, a boy named John Giovanni meets a girl named Marisol simply
It's a bad sign when you prefer a book's dedication page to the actual book. Read this one in high school and liked it a whole lot better then. At least the late-90s references to Ani and the zine scene made sense a decade ago. Gio is hilarious, his narration is withering and spot-on, there's a tinge of Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You in his observations. That said: I wish Marisol weren't the most obnoxious character ever. "Don't lie to me, Gio." "I'm a dyke, Gio." "You've really fucked
this is my absolutely favorite book. i have read it for the first time 7 years ago and since then have been re-reading it so many times.this is powerful story about boy who is all by himself becouse he doesn't get enough love from his parents and he refuses to have any feelings, but when he finally allows himself to feel love it turns to be hard love becouse he falls in love with his best friend lesbian. so sad story.i confess, i still cry in some parts of the book.
Do you remember your first love/crush? Do you remember wanting to tell him/her but squirm at the thought of doing so? Do you remember thinking it was hopeless and futile?Then this is the book for you. Meet John Galardi, a loner and a teenager with divorced parents, trying to express himself through his zine, Bananafish. His inspiration, Marisol Guzman, creator of the zine Escape Velocity and a self proclaimed "rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented writer virgin."The two would
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