Laura Zimmermann
Autor de My Eyes Are Up Here
Obras de Laura Zimmermann
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th Century
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Biografía breve
- Laura is a writer, a storyteller, and a maker of cheesecakes. You might find her at a softball game, a jazz concert, or a nonprofit board meeting, but you'll never find her on a ladder or entering a triathlon. She is a multi-time winner of Moth and WordSprout story slams, and has frequently shared stories of her parenting escapades in Twin Cities Listen To Your Mother productions. Her debut YA novel My Eyes Are Up Here (Dutton, 2020) won a Minnesota Book Award and is available in five languages, even though she can only read one of them. She lives in Minneapolis with her three favorite people, who show up in her stories whether they like it or not.
Miembros
Reseñas
Gr 8 Up—Brimming with humor and absurdity, Zimmermann's latest follows two sisters desperate to keep what
remains of their family intact after their mother tries to abandon them for a Justin Timberlake concert and instead
ends up dead in the shed. Witty, unexpectedly emotionally powerful, and unforgettable.
remains of their family intact after their mother tries to abandon them for a Justin Timberlake concert and instead
ends up dead in the shed. Witty, unexpectedly emotionally powerful, and unforgettable.
Is Drew a rigid rule follower, or simply trying to survive while juggling an impossible array of adult responsibilities? She's seventeen, with a younger sister and half brother. They live with her mother who comes across as being somewhere on the sliding scale of narcissism and sociopathy. When Justin Timberlake-obsessed Mom takes off for one of his concerts in Mexico, Drew is left not only with all her current adult responsibilities, but new, unexpected, and much scarier ones. The most pressing is the man from social security who is investigating potential fraud by their mother, Heidi, regarding their dead grandmother. She's still collecting Gram's retirement checks. Add in an overemotional boyfriend, the growing coolness and snark from her sister, the antics of the step brother, plus a huge surprise regarding their mother, and all of a sudden Drew is in a giant crisis.
Read the book to discover how she manages all this and more. It's darkly funny, gruesome at times and ends in a surprising way. Altogether a top notch book.… (más)
Read the book to discover how she manages all this and more. It's darkly funny, gruesome at times and ends in a surprising way. Altogether a top notch book.… (más)
An engaging and positive story about a teenage girl’s relationship with her own body. Sixteen year old Greer prefers to avoid attracting attention and hides her breasts beneath oversized sweatshirts, but when she decides to try out for volleyball, she can’t keep hiding.
Greer's narration is funny and perceptive. Even though I’ve not been in her exact situation, I found her awkwardness, her self-consciousness, and her struggles to find clothing that’s flattering / comfortable / supportive, relatable.… (más)
Greer's narration is funny and perceptive. Even though I’ve not been in her exact situation, I found her awkwardness, her self-consciousness, and her struggles to find clothing that’s flattering / comfortable / supportive, relatable.… (más)
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 102
- Popularidad
- #187,251
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 13
- ISBNs
- 12
- Idiomas
- 1
Next up, I find it incredibly unrealistic that Greer is a 30H and can't fit into any clothes. She would have to size up for tight tops but the average top should still be fine (unless she doesn't have a bra that fits, then that's a whole different can of worms).
Also, the book places so much emphasis on people noticing only that specific feature. That really irritated me because I have a hard time believing that to be true since 30H isn't as large as the book suggests.
This may be controversial, but I am not a big fan of minors looking into breast-reducing surgery. Greer is 15. She is still so young and to put it into perspective, can't even drive or vote yet.
For any other girls that have issues finding bras, I'd highly recommend Googling "A Bra That Fits Calculator" and starting there. Personally, I found it very helpful.
Content: scattered f-bombs (although not much other language), obviously lots of discussions about body shapes… (más)