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A first novel about the life of a family, seen through the eyes of two teenagers on the brink of adulthood. Suzan VanderZee is seventeen and feels herself to be on the verge of something extraordinary. But as she looks at her loud, raucous family, it takes all her restraint to keep from running out the door. Her fifteen-year-old brother Evan dreams of travel, but he is mesmerized by the new girl at school. Lorna J. Cook pulls us so tightly into the heart of the VanderZee clan that we feel like members of the household. Departures captures a time in the lives of these two teenagers when the exhilaration and the fear of pending adulthood are virtually indistinguishable.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Peter Gozinya
reviewed Departures on June 25, 2008
Departures
How I Came To Own This Book: A random buy from McNally Robinson when working downtown. Again, it had a cool cover.
The Plot: Think an airier version of American Beauty - a portrait of a crumbling family, with a slightly tilted focus on the two older teenaged siblings. Over the span of a few weeks each of the six characters in the book - intellectual father Malcolm, brooding artiste mom Esme, withdrawn and insightful teen Suzen, angsty dreamer Evan in his pursuit of love, and young uns' Aimee and Hallie.
The Good & The Bad: This book is another slow burning read - the first few sections start out good in wrapping you into the lives of the characters, but the end sort of fizzles out and is more predictable than you'd expect (which may make it...unpredictable?). I've lent this book to several people and everyone has enjoyed it, but I can't say anyone has LOVED it.
The Bottom Line: A slower, family portrait.
50-Book Challenge?: No.
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