![]() Han’s leisurely paced, somewhat somber narrative revisits several beach-house summers in flashback through the eyes of now 15-year-old Isabel, known to all as Belly.īelly measures her growing self by these summers and by her lifelong relationship with the older boys, her brother and her mother’s best friend’s two sons. An excellent lead-in to Cole's splendid portrait of another gifted young painter, Celine (1989). Sensitive, intelligent, a book that doesn't simplify life's complications but confronts them-as Sue finally does-head-on. Several subplots, tender and funny, contrast with Sue's awakening. ![]() Much more than the sum of its parts, this is a perceptive chronicle of lost innocence and reconciliations, with a first taste of artistic success. Sue returns to Utah ready to face her parents about her college plans: she'll go to art school in Boston. She finds him, only to discover that he is a thief-of hearts as well as valuables-who betrays her as he once betrayed Marianne. ![]() Sus5an (the ``5'' is to make her name special) hopes to show her art while living with Aunt Libby secretly, she also searches for beloved Uncle Willy, who abandoned another aunt, Marianne, ten years ago. A 17-year-old's obsession with her childhood memories and her longing to fulfill her artistic talent lead her from a sleepy Utah town to Boston. ![]()
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