Local Girls

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Summary: Local girl reviewes local girl
Review: This is a novel about a girl named Gretal and what it was like for her, her family, and her friends growing up. You are with her as she struggles with many issues including her parents divorce, her mother's cancer, love, teen pregnancy, school, drugs, and her brother's death. The setting is a little town where everyone knows everybody, and by the end of the book you feel like Gretals neighbor. It is a book about real relationships, tragedy, and devotion. The plot flows well and you see the characters very vividly. I feel it was a very enjoyable book. It was not difficult to read or to follow. It is filled with emotion of all kind and although the book is a fiction, the relationships were very believable. I recommend this book for anyone who has ever been happy or sad.

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Summary: A new Alice Hoffman fan
Review: This is one of those warm, sad but funny tales centered around a growing girl from Long Island, New York. Gretel watches the women around her and their tragic and humourous relationships with men. The reader is transfixed as Gretel struggles to learn who she is.