All New People: A Novel

 

All New People: A Novel
All New People: A Novel
by Authors: Anne Lamott
Released: 01 February, 2000
ISBN: 1582430543
Paperback

Sales Rank: 24,187
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All New People: A Novel > Customer Review #1:
Lamott fans beware

For the legions of Anne Lamott fans out there (Im one of them), this is the novel to avoid. It is a maddeningly self-conscious attempt at serious fiction. At times I felt like I was sitting through the first draft of a talented but misguided novelist. Lamott (and her editors) should trust her brilliant wit and insight and leave serious novels to others. Like Woody Allen,another brilliant comic, Anne Lamott seems to occasionally want to prove that she can be taken seriously. This book, while funny at times, reminded me of Allens attempts at serious, Bergman-like films. The viewer (and in Lamotts case, reader) is left feeling almost betrayed by the about-face.

All New People: A Novel > Customer Review #2:
A good reminiscence of the 60s.

Anne Lamott is an incredible essayist; her witty observations and naked divulgences make me want to call her up and ask her to be my best friend. I am, therefore, sad to admit that I dont feel fiction is the best mode for her to showcase her talent. In general, I feel her plots are often somewhat weak and her characterizations are uneven. However, I think she hits the mark more in All New People than in any of her other novels that I have, as yet, read. She remembers so clearly how she felt as a teenager, and expresses it in a wonderfully readable, and sometimes hilarious, way. The entire family was well-drawn in this book, particularly the relationship between the brother and sister. I could relate to a lot of it, and have already re-read it once.

All New People: A Novel > Customer Review #3:
Not Traditional Anne, but Still Good.

This book is somewhat different than Lamotts other work, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly. It is about a girl named Nanny and her family and the sixties. It reads like a memoir, and my guess is it has very much basis in the reality that is the authors life. The narration has a very stream-of-consciousness feel to it, and covers a lot for such a quick read. I loved the way of storytelling--Nanny tells the story straight through the emotional center of the things that happen. Anyone who ever had a childhood will enjoy everything in this book. Even if that childhood wasnt in the sixties.

 
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