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Title: Dryland
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Sara Jaffe
Narrator: Carly Robins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-01-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sara Jaffe's engrossing debut novel, Dryland, is a smart coming-of-age novel that charts the murky waters of adolescence.
Anything can happen when Julie hits the water.
It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for Julie Winter, 15, the news is noise. In Portland, Oregon, Julie moves through her days in a series of negatives: the skaters she doesn't think are cute, the Guatemalan backpack she doesn't buy at the craft fair, the umbrella she refuses to carry despite the incessant rain. Her family life is routine and restrained, and no one talks about Julie's older brother, a one-time Olympic hopeful swimmer who now lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin. Julie has never considered swimming herself until Alexis, the swim team captain, tries to recruit her. It's a dare and a flirtation - and a chance for Julie to find her brother or to finally let him go.
Members Reviews:
Beautiful
This is the best book I've read in a long time. I fell into it, was hooked immediately, and the emotional content and gorgeous writing pulled me through. I couldn't put it down.
This book was a wonderful surprise. Its sensitivity was never self-indulgent
This book was a wonderful surprise. Its sensitivity was never self-indulgent. Its humanity was never self-conscious. It is subtle and literate. I couldn't recommend it more if I'd written it myself. Couldn't put it down.
Perfect for light reading
I bought this book on a recommendation, and I loved it. I'm not into analyzing books based on any objective quality--I just really enjoyed reading Dryland. This book was super, super sweet, if a little bit sad. Being a lesbian who came out in high school, I loved connecting to Julie. I could relate to her easily, which is what I personally want in a good YA, coming-of-age story. It never felt like a chore to read; I never had to make myself sit down to focus (I have ADHD, so that's saying something), I just got to relax with this book.
Sweet Indie Rock coming of age.
I liked that the city of Portland added character to the book.
A Quiet Little Book that I Hope Gets A TON of ATTENTION!
This novel moves like the water that Julie so desires to conquer when she joins the high school swim team â itâs smooth and warm (OK, maybe the school pool isnât warm!), and the prose flows effortlessly. As one of the cover blurbs says, it truly does read like a diary and a dream. I absolutely, without a doubt loved this novel.
Julie, the main character is just fifteen years old, and is coming of age, grappling with the departure of her older brother who was idolized in town for almost making the Olympics swim team. Sheâs also figuring out sex, friendships and the pecking order in high school. I loved how this book was formatted â without chapters--absolutely NO chapters--and in other books this would bother me immensely to not have a stopping pointâ and while there is dialogue, there are no quotation marks â itâs simplistic and it works very well. I fell in love with this quiet little book that I hope gets a whole lot of attention.
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Title: Dryland
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Sara Jaffe
Narrator: Carly Robins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-01-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sara Jaffe's engrossing debut novel, Dryland, is a smart coming-of-age novel that charts the murky waters of adolescence.
Anything can happen when Julie hits the water.
It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for Julie Winter, 15, the news is noise. In Portland, Oregon, Julie moves through her days in a series of negatives: the skaters she doesn't think are cute, the Guatemalan backpack she doesn't buy at the craft fair, the umbrella she refuses to carry despite the incessant rain. Her family life is routine and restrained, and no one talks about Julie's older brother, a one-time Olympic hopeful swimmer who now lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin. Julie has never considered swimming herself until Alexis, the swim team captain, tries to recruit her. It's a dare and a flirtation - and a chance for Julie to find her brother or to finally let him go.
Members Reviews:
Beautiful
This is the best book I've read in a long time. I fell into it, was hooked immediately, and the emotional content and gorgeous writing pulled me through. I couldn't put it down.
This book was a wonderful surprise. Its sensitivity was never self-indulgent
This book was a wonderful surprise. Its sensitivity was never self-indulgent. Its humanity was never self-conscious. It is subtle and literate. I couldn't recommend it more if I'd written it myself. Couldn't put it down.
Perfect for light reading
I bought this book on a recommendation, and I loved it. I'm not into analyzing books based on any objective quality--I just really enjoyed reading Dryland. This book was super, super sweet, if a little bit sad. Being a lesbian who came out in high school, I loved connecting to Julie. I could relate to her easily, which is what I personally want in a good YA, coming-of-age story. It never felt like a chore to read; I never had to make myself sit down to focus (I have ADHD, so that's saying something), I just got to relax with this book.
Sweet Indie Rock coming of age.
I liked that the city of Portland added character to the book.
A Quiet Little Book that I Hope Gets A TON of ATTENTION!
This novel moves like the water that Julie so desires to conquer when she joins the high school swim team â itâs smooth and warm (OK, maybe the school pool isnât warm!), and the prose flows effortlessly. As one of the cover blurbs says, it truly does read like a diary and a dream. I absolutely, without a doubt loved this novel.
Julie, the main character is just fifteen years old, and is coming of age, grappling with the departure of her older brother who was idolized in town for almost making the Olympics swim team. Sheâs also figuring out sex, friendships and the pecking order in high school. I loved how this book was formatted â without chapters--absolutely NO chapters--and in other books this would bother me immensely to not have a stopping pointâ and while there is dialogue, there are no quotation marks â itâs simplistic and it works very well. I fell in love with this quiet little book that I hope gets a whole lot of attention.