- Gebundene Ausgabe: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: William Morrow & Company (Mai 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0380977680
- ISBN-13: 978-0380977680
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 16,4 x 2,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.185.560 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Kalpakian (Steps and Exes, 1999) has proven herself a remarkably versatile writer in terms of her themes and settings. This novel is no exception as it follows Waverly Scott, who looks too much like her mother's married lover and so is shipped off to remote Isadora Island in 1939 to attend the Temple School. Rather than the dreary place Waverly has envisioned, the school turns out to provide her with the loving family she has always wanted. Headmistress Sophia Westervelt, former pupil of Isadora Duncan, brings a free-spirited approach to her training of the "North American Women of the Future." However, her main source of funding--her indulgent father--has died, and war has broken out in Europe, so the staff is considerably thinner and more distracted than usual. Within this chaotic atmosphere, Sophia, Avril, and local boy Sandy Lomax form a love triangle. They are eventually discovered and separated, but their experience stays with them, shaping their futures in unexpected ways. With her engrossing, offbeat plot and headstrong, eccentric characters, the talented Kalpakian has come up with another winner. Joanne Wilkinson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Veteran novelist and short-story writer Kalpakian (Delinquent Virgin) spins a fascinating tale of Waverley Scott's experiences from age 14 to the final stages of her life as an elderly, reclusive romance novelist. At 14, Waverley is unformed and uninformed but not na‹ve; she realizes that she has been sent to Temple School on isolated Isadora Island because she looks too much like her mother's married employer (also Waverley's "guardian"). Traveling with them on almost continuous business trips, she has not attended school or made friends. At Temple School, Waverley is inspired by independent, impractical headmistress Sophia Westervelt and forms a bond with classmates and Sandy Lomax, a local island boy. From these first significant relationships, Waverley forms her opinions on love, romance, and the independence of women. The characters are endearingly human and eccentric; the reader will empathize with their plights as they fulfill their destinies against the background of World War II. At times lighthearted and at other times heartbreaking, Kalpakian's novel is spellbinding from start to finish. Recommended for academic and public libraries. Cheryl L. Conway, Univ. of Arkansas Lib., Fayetteville
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Memorable characters make for an engrossing story
25. Januar 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I was pleasantly surprised by Educating Waverley. I took it out of the library without knowing anything about it, because I was in the mood for something light and diverting, which it appeared to be, and I was totally engrossed by it. It's an old-fashioned novel, in the best sense of the term: well-crafted, with a strong sense of place, and a large cast of quirky, interesting, fully realized characters.
The author's craft shows in the way she juggles chronology by having the story jump back and forth in time from the early 20th century to the present day. In less skillful hands, this could have been confusing, but it isn't. Instead, the effect is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle: first one corner of the picture becomes clear, then another, until finally the last piece snaps into place with a satisfying click, and you see the whole picture in front of you.
The locations in the book are described so vividly that -- even though I've never been to the Pacific Northwest -- I now feel I know what it's like to live on a small island in Puget Sound.
But mostly, it's the characters who make Educating Waverley memorable. There are heroines in the book, there are villains, there are a lot of imperfect people making their way through life the best they can -- and every one of them is brought fully to life.
Oh, by the way -- did I mention it's funny?
Educating Waverley may have been the first Laura Kalpakian novel I read, but it won't be the last.
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joyous and inspiring
16. Juli 2003
Format:Taschenbuch
i picked up a publisher's copy of this book, knowing nothing about it. (it literally had a blank cover) what a joy! funny, inspiring, masterfully well-written and meaningful on many different levels...i could keep this up, but your time will be better rewarded by reading this treasure. i actually feel lucky for having happened to stumble upon this book - it is one of those very rare ones that truly 'changes your life.' how much? well, to start with, i've never before felt motivated to post something on the web!
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Educating Waverly - a "must read"
28. Dezember 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
In Educating Waverly, local author Laura Kalpakian delivers an incredibly well-written, engaging tale of student Waverly Scott, her cohorts and teachers at the Temple School. Banished to the school on the remote island of Isadora in the Puget Sound, Scott comes of age amidst a cast of eclectic but lovable characters. Meanwhile, World War II explodes in Europe, soon to indelibly impact Scott's life as a French refugee is sent to the school for protection.
Kalpakian artfully describes Scott and her fellow teens as they discover their world in an alternative, private school owned and operated by Sophia Westervelt, the heir of a local logging family. With compassion and understanding, Kalpakian brings her characters to life with believable, memory-invoking descriptions of teen angst as the students attempt to embrace Westervelt's unconventional teachings on becoming a "North American Woman of the Future."
In spite of the book's cover, the Temple School is unconventional and the students' dress is anything but short skirts and penny loafers. Instead, the students are clad in comfortable tunics, slacks and Roman sandals to instill in them the freedom they will need to "see the unseen" and to "fear nothing save ignorance, untruth and ugliness."
Throughout the 300+ page read, the author interweaves life on the island with the tragic events of the war, each having an impact on the other. Slowly, she allows the character's pasts to unfold creating a fascinating interconnection that can only be understood as each piece is deliciously revealed.
With unmatched skill, Kalpakian smoothly transitions from one historical time to another, in one breath telling the impacts of World War II and the next describing the bitter disappointment of those who fought in the Great War before it. Without following a logical or chronological pattern, the author manages to paint the complete picture of each of the main characters as they move through life, love and loss.
Perhaps without realizing it, Kalpakian creates a suspenseful novel, holding the reader's attention with poignant descriptions of our nation's history, while sharing long forgotten adolescent pain and triumph. Her story is beautifully written, her words well chosen, and her story magnificently told. This novel is not your everyday romance novel. Rather, it is a rare treat to the discerning reader, one not easily forgotten.
Kalpakian artfully describes Scott and her fellow teens as they discover their world in an alternative, private school owned and operated by Sophia Westervelt, the heir of a local logging family. With compassion and understanding, Kalpakian brings her characters to life with believable, memory-invoking descriptions of teen angst as the students attempt to embrace Westervelt's unconventional teachings on becoming a "North American Woman of the Future."
In spite of the book's cover, the Temple School is unconventional and the students' dress is anything but short skirts and penny loafers. Instead, the students are clad in comfortable tunics, slacks and Roman sandals to instill in them the freedom they will need to "see the unseen" and to "fear nothing save ignorance, untruth and ugliness."
Throughout the 300+ page read, the author interweaves life on the island with the tragic events of the war, each having an impact on the other. Slowly, she allows the character's pasts to unfold creating a fascinating interconnection that can only be understood as each piece is deliciously revealed.
With unmatched skill, Kalpakian smoothly transitions from one historical time to another, in one breath telling the impacts of World War II and the next describing the bitter disappointment of those who fought in the Great War before it. Without following a logical or chronological pattern, the author manages to paint the complete picture of each of the main characters as they move through life, love and loss.
Perhaps without realizing it, Kalpakian creates a suspenseful novel, holding the reader's attention with poignant descriptions of our nation's history, while sharing long forgotten adolescent pain and triumph. Her story is beautifully written, her words well chosen, and her story magnificently told. This novel is not your everyday romance novel. Rather, it is a rare treat to the discerning reader, one not easily forgotten.
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