On Pointe

Rating:
Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: I bought this book for my daughter and after skimming through it I sat down and read it myself. Although the book is somewhat about ballet - anyone who has ever had a dream, a family, and some rough times growing up will relate. What I loved most is the author writes with such clarity from each character's perspective. She voices opinions that real teenagers have as well as letting you know how the adult characters feel. Worth every penny.

Rating:
Summary: Her Brevity is Brilliant
Review: In her second novel, ON POINTE, Lorie Ann Grover appears to follow the philosophy that less is more; and quite brilliantly. The brevity of her prose punctuates each idea that she very carefully sculpts for her reader. While wordiness may appeal to some, Grover is skilled at painting sketches in vivid, powerful colors getting right to the heart of the matter.

Her books are in the young novel category, but her publishers might find it interesting that many of her readers are grown women. Grover writes about hard hitting issues that many contemporary women have grown up with. Her characters are young women on the threshold of adulthood, but their thoughts are reminiscent of the tape that has played through every grown woman's mind at various points in time with themes that our society pounds into the female psyche.

As an avid reader of non-fiction, Grover's works are the first fiction I've read in years -- again quite by accident as my daughter encouraged me to read both ON POINTE and LOOSE THREADS.In turn, I encourage other women to read her work.

In loose terms, Grover could be a modern day Emily Dickinson. The only recommendation is that Simon & Schuster change marketing plans to reach Grover's widest potential audience.