Deb Caletti's Blog - Posts Tagged "summer-reading"

BOOKS-A-MILLION BOOK CLUB has chosen HE'S GONE as its August Fiction pick! Thanks BAM! Join the discussion, here: http://www.booksamillion.com/bookclub...He's Gone

Great news in a weird time: Girl, Unframed just got a THIRD starred review! Big thanks to Publishers Weekly for this bit of lovely: “Caletti (A Heart in a Body in the World) offers a riveting, meticulously plotted mystery with plenty of drama alongside an exploration of objectification and the male gaze. San Francisco’s sandy beaches, unusual structures, and mysterious caves reflect Sydney’s feelings of loneliness, eeriness, and passion, and her eventual sense of power.”

Ce-le-brate! Girl, Unframed just got its FOURTH starred review, this time from BCCB: "The plot is clearly inspired by the 1958 killing of Lana Turner’s abusive boyfriend by her daughter (Lila is also embarking on a role in Peyton Place, just as Turner did), but even readers unfamiliar with that saga will catch the clear danger and the ramping up of tension here (chapters even open with references to evidence as “exhibits”). Caletti uses the Turner incident as the scaffold for a gimlet-eyed examination of the vulnerability of women and, especially, teen girls in the contemporary world; of their objectification and agency and shame. She’s unerring in her depiction of the microaggressions Syd experiences, the family’s long history of domestic abuse, and of Jake himself, whose combination of likability, off-kilterness, and menace makes him plausible and plausibly difficult to leave for multiple reasons. This would partner superbly with Romanoff’s Look (BCCB 3/20) for an exploration of the world’s crippling scrutiny of and expectations for young women."

Unbelievable! Girl, Unframed just got its SIXTH starred review, this time from Shelf Awareness!!

Wow. I can't believe it! Girl, Unframed just got its SEVENTH starred review, this time from BookPage! Huge gratitude.