The Tribes of Palos Verdes: A Novel

by Joy Nicholson | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 031219532x Global Overview for this book
Registered by assiniboine of North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on 11/14/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by assiniboine from North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The families of Palos Verdes seem to have everything on the surface, looks, wealth, and the beautiful ocean all around them. Below the surface, though, it seems there is only great unhappiness and cruelty. Medina is bullied at school by the "towel girls" and abandoned by her father, who trades in his wife for a younger model. Her mother is too busy gorging and feeling sorry for herself to notice her own son's slide into drugs and mental illness. At the end, all Medina has is herself and the waves, but she seems to come through it all.

Journal Entry 2 by assiniboine at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Released 17 yrs ago (11/14/2006 UTC) at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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at the book crossing meeting

Journal Entry 3 by vanbiohazard from North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Caught at Meetup. I enjoyed and was aggravated by this book. Medina has so much, yet so little.

Journal Entry 4 by vanbiohazard from North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Caught at Meetup. I enjoyed and was aggravated by this book. Medina has so much, yet so little.

Journal Entry 5 by vanbiohazard at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Released 17 yrs ago (1/9/2007 UTC) at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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At Meet Up.

Journal Entry 6 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, February 18, 2007
Picked this up at Vancouver's Bookcrossing Meetup. Sorry it's taken me so long to register!

Journal Entry 7 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, April 19, 2007
A wonderful first novel by a very talented author. From the get go I was sucked into Medina's life and as the story develops and her life gets progressively more difficult, it's believable, even if some of the events seem so far fetched as to actually be believed. An amazing read.

Released 16 yrs ago (4/23/2007 UTC) at Bread Garden @ Metrotown Mall (near Zellers) in Burnaby, British Columbia Canada

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Being released at this month's Burnaby Bookcrossing Meetup!

When: Monday, Apr 23, 2007, 7:00 PM
Where: Bread Garden, 4575 Central Boulevard, Burnaby (604-435-5177)

Journal Entry 9 by waywenoc from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Friday, April 27, 2007
Caught at the bookcrossing Meetup.

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To echo a previous journaler, I found the book both aggravating and enjoyable. There was perhaps too much reliance on stereotypes. I also found it interesting that this was a discard from the West Van public library, Palos Verdes being (again in a stereotypical way) West Van with surf.

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