Friday, September 18, 2009

Book Review: The Blue Star by Tony Earley

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A portrait of life in America on the eve of World War II, The Blue Star tells the story of Jim Glass Jr during his last year of high school. From among the well-to-do families in his small town, Jim has recently broken up with Norma Harris. Jim finds himself in the awkward position of being fascinated by his friend Bucky's girl friend Chrissie Steppe. But his friend, Bucky Bucklaw Jr. is in the Navy, surely courting Chrissie Steppe would be out of bounds.

When Jim digs deeper into the relationship between Chrissie Steppe and Bucky Bucklaw, he learns more than he'd bargained for about the Steppes and even his own family.

Review:

There is so much more to The Blue Star than Jim's attraction to Chrissie Steppe, which is what makes The Blue Star such an interesting and satisfying read. You don't have to have read the earlier book Jim The Boy to appreciate The Blue Star. The characters are fully fleshed out. Each individual struggle adds to the tension and coherence of the novel. There is enough romance, tragedy and action to make The Blue Star hard to categorize and easy to enjoy.

Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (August 26, 2009), 336 pages.
Courtesy of Hatchette Book Group.

Thanks so much, Brianne and Hatchette Book Group for this opportunity!

2 comments:

  1. Good to know that I don't have to read the previous book to enjoy this one. I should be receiving it soon.

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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