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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... girl to read it . She said a few more self- righteous , priggish things and then off she went , leaving Treasure Island on my futon , along with Palomino Pal and Ride on the Unicorn's Back , though what was wrong with those books - I ...
... girl to read it . She said a few more self- righteous , priggish things and then off she went , leaving Treasure Island on my futon , along with Palomino Pal and Ride on the Unicorn's Back , though what was wrong with those books - I ...
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... girls in it . ” Does such a knee - jerk sensibility deserve to be recorded ? But I am writing in a very nice unlined Muji notebook and I can always go back and cross out her insufferable parts later . " Don't tell me you're reading it ...
... girls in it . ” Does such a knee - jerk sensibility deserve to be recorded ? But I am writing in a very nice unlined Muji notebook and I can always go back and cross out her insufferable parts later . " Don't tell me you're reading it ...
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... girls . How do you like the weather , girls ? " Then came sticker collecting . Then friendship pins . I believe I lost a whole year of school to their assembly . When we were supposed to be following the presidential election on TV , I ...
... girls . How do you like the weather , girls ? " Then came sticker collecting . Then friendship pins . I believe I lost a whole year of school to their assembly . When we were supposed to be following the presidential election on TV , I ...
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... girls sat with our hands below desk level , passing around Patty Pacholewski's bracelets and rings . She had amazing jewelry . At age twenty - five , you can't read a rip - roaring book like Treasure Island and not feel adventure tug on ...
... girls sat with our hands below desk level , passing around Patty Pacholewski's bracelets and rings . She had amazing jewelry . At age twenty - five , you can't read a rip - roaring book like Treasure Island and not feel adventure tug on ...
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... somewhat sympathetic and endearing - and this no matter how often I told him about Nancy's flaws . I think he was too invested in my image as a nice girl ( docile , accommodating ) to appreciate the emotional territory I was exploring .
... somewhat sympathetic and endearing - and this no matter how often I told him about Nancy's flaws . I think he was too invested in my image as a nice girl ( docile , accommodating ) to appreciate the emotional territory I was exploring .
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