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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

When Naomi tries to piece back the fragments of the last three and a half years of her life, she discovers a lot. She has a boyfriend but can't remember him, her mother and father are divorced, and she has forgotten that she is supposed to hate her mother. She also has a group of friends which simply doesn't seem that attractive any more and, despite having meticulously kept a diary, she only mentioned what she ate every day in it! But it's not all bad, because when a girl loses three and a half years she gets a chance to reinvent herself. After all, who is to say that everything has to be the same?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 17 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 0747591652
ISBN 13: 9780747591658
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: Gabrielle Zevin is the author of Elsewhere and, like that book, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac deals with teenage years with tenderness, humour and quirky charm.

Media Reviews
Sensitive, joyful . . . Pulled by the heart-bruising love story, readers will stop to contemplate irresistible questions. -- Starred, Booklist & nbsp; A good read. -- Kathy Taber, Kids Ink Children ' s Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN

Sensitive, joyful . . . Pulled by the heart-bruising love story, readers will stop to contemplate irresistible questions. --Starred, Booklist A quiet exploration of identity and self-realization that is simultaneously thought provoking and entertaining. --VOYA
Unique . . . Will be well received by teens. -- Kirkus Reviews
Honest and complex characterization grounds a thoughtful, suspenseful examination of memory and identity. --The Horn Book


Zevin cooks up an entertaining love story . . . teens will identify with her vulnerability and her heightened feelings of alienation. And fans of psychological dramas won't want to put this book down. --Publishers Weekly
A compelling read with intelligent dialogue that's also touching and funny. --School Library Journal

A good read. --Kathy Taber, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN
This book seems to be really accurate about how teens think . . . very refreshing and a great read! --A YALSA YA Galley Teen Reader
Zevin, already a great author, has outdone herself. --A YALSA YA Galley Teen Reader
Zevin is a smooth and subtle stylist, creating particularly interesting characters here. -- Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

This was a memorable book. Naomi was a likable, realistic character. --A YALSA YA Galley Teen Reader

Zevin is completely convincing on the intensity of early passion and the way it can evaporate in the rays of something new, and she has a light touch with the deceptively shallow anguish of adolescence. - The New York Times Book Review
Sensitive, joyful . . . Pulled by the heart-bruising love story, readers will stop to contemplate irresistible questions. - Booklist , Starred Review
Zevin is just a great writer. . . . [She] gets all the details right. - The San Francisco Chronicle
Zevin blends romance, changing friendships, and familial dysfunction with themes of chance, loss, and choice, and the result is a quiet exploration of identity and self-realization that is simultaneously thought provoking and entertaining. - Voice of Youth Advocates
Unique . . . Will be well received by teens. - Kirkus Reviews
Honest and complex characterization grounds a thoughtful,
Zevin is completely convincing on the intensity of early passion and the way it can evaporate in the rays of something new, and she has a light touch with the deceptively shallow anguish of adolescence. -- The New York Times Book Review
Sensitive, joyful . . . Pulled by the heart-bruising love story, readers will stop to contemplate irresistible questions. -- Booklist, Starred Review
Zevin is just a great writer. . . . [She] gets all the details right. -- The San Francisco Chronicle
Zevin blends romance, changing friendships, and familial dysfunction with themes of chance, loss, and choice, and the result is a quiet exploration of identity and self-realization that is simultaneously thought provoking and entertaining. -- Voice of Youth Advocates
Unique . . . Will be well received by teens. -- Kirkus Reviews
Honest and complex characterization grounds a thoughtful, suspenseful examination of memory and identity. -- The Horn Book
Zevin cooks up an entertai
Author Bio
Gabrielle lives in New York City. She is the author of one other book for young adults, Elsewhere, as well as an adult book, Margarettown. Gabrielle is also the author of the screenplay for the film Conversations With Other Women, starring Helena Bonham Carter.