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suzmac's review against another edition
4.0
Little treat; funny & touching memoir of time at the Jersey shore of all places:) High school hockey player whose family is dissolving tries to make sense of his suburban existence such as it is, while winning the girl he wants (Juliet Dimiglio). Anthony Rubin’s life is complicated.
from Publisher's weekly:
Anthony, of course, has plenty to contend with. His father, Michael, is a none-too-subtle (if goodhearted) adulterer. His mother, Jess, is prone to breakdowns and would rather be underwater at any given moment than with her children. His best friend, Jay, drifts away when Michael's smoldering affair with Jay's mother begins to disrupt the Rubin marriage. And the alluring girl next door, the brash daughter of a high-stakes gambler, seems always just out of reach. Reiken's style remains unblinking and direct throughout, suggesting that there are no good guys or bad guys in Livingston, New Jersey--
from Publisher's weekly:
Anthony, of course, has plenty to contend with. His father, Michael, is a none-too-subtle (if goodhearted) adulterer. His mother, Jess, is prone to breakdowns and would rather be underwater at any given moment than with her children. His best friend, Jay, drifts away when Michael's smoldering affair with Jay's mother begins to disrupt the Rubin marriage. And the alluring girl next door, the brash daughter of a high-stakes gambler, seems always just out of reach. Reiken's style remains unblinking and direct throughout, suggesting that there are no good guys or bad guys in Livingston, New Jersey--
cheryl_r's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 -- This nourished me. I can't say it better than the book jacket blurb from The Washington Post: "Reiken reminds us that when good literature comes along, it feels, like true love itself, as if something legendary is occurring."
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