Treasure Island!!!Europa Editions, 7. des. 2011 - 172 síður A young slacker decides to live her life according to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure: “A rollicking tale, shameless, funny and intelligent” (The New York Times). When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gift wrapper, laziest ever part-time clerk at The Pet Library) reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island, she is dumbstruck by the timid design of her life. When had she ever dreamed a scheme? When had she ever done a foolish, overbold act? When had she ever, like Jim Hawkins, broken from her friends, raced for the beach, stolen a boat, killed a man, and eliminated an obstacle that stood in the way of her getting a hunk of gold? Convinced that Stevenson’s book is cosmically intended for her, she redesigns her life according to its Core Values: boldness, resolution, independence, and horn-blowing. Accompanied by her mother, her sister, and a hostile Amazon parrot that refuses to follow the script, our heroine embarks on a domestic adventure more frightening than anything she’d originally planned. Treasure Island!!! is the story of a ferocious obsession, told by an original voice—“insane, hilarious, and irreverent” (Alice Sebold). “Highly original . . . will keep you entertained in spite of (or more accurately, because of) its toxic narrator.” —Library Journal “A hoot.” —Kirkus Reviews |
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... Nancy Wang had created The Pet Library in a strip mall out of her own scrappy savings and seemed to think that she had paid her dues by whatever she had suffered in China . The level of passion she expected from me about menial duties I ...
... Nancy Wang had created The Pet Library in a strip mall out of her own scrappy savings and seemed to think that she had paid her dues by whatever she had suffered in China . The level of passion she expected from me about menial duties I ...
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... Nancy , who had been massaging Willie the poodle's lower gum line , looked into the hutch and remarked , " Bobby needs his nails finished , " to which I replied , “ Bobby needs a lot of things that he won't be getting as well . " There ...
... Nancy , who had been massaging Willie the poodle's lower gum line , looked into the hutch and remarked , " Bobby needs his nails finished , " to which I replied , “ Bobby needs a lot of things that he won't be getting as well . " There ...
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... Nancy , but with him . I heard Lars out , of course , but in the end I dismissed his worries . It's what Dr. Livesey would have done . As I grew more confident about what boldness meant , I began to see that the real problem was I had ...
... Nancy , but with him . I heard Lars out , of course , but in the end I dismissed his worries . It's what Dr. Livesey would have done . As I grew more confident about what boldness meant , I began to see that the real problem was I had ...
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... Nancy had taken her ancient mother to physical therapy and wouldn't be back until noon. The library was awash in gloom. One of the cats had been vomiting and because I'd been pretending not to see the puddles, the place stank. Also, the ...
... Nancy had taken her ancient mother to physical therapy and wouldn't be back until noon. The library was awash in gloom. One of the cats had been vomiting and because I'd been pretending not to see the puddles, the place stank. Also, the ...
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... Nancy that I was capable of action . Lately , our relations had been tense , and I didn't want to waste any energy discussing the further responsibilities I craved . No , I would show her she could rely on me and I knew just the way to ...
... Nancy that I was capable of action . Lately , our relations had been tense , and I didn't want to waste any energy discussing the further responsibilities I craved . No , I would show her she could rely on me and I knew just the way to ...
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