Aidan Chambers
Hardcover | Pages: 816 pages Rating: 4.3 | 2081 Users | 231 Reviews
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| Title | : | This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (The Dance Sequence #6) |
| Author | : | Aidan Chambers |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 816 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2006 by Harry N. Abrams (first published October 25th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Romance. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. Coming Of Age. Young Adult Contemporary |
Explanation Toward Books This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (The Dance Sequence #6)
From the winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and the Carnegie Medal, a work of astonishing intimacy and depth Using a pillow book as her form, nineteen-year-old Cordelia Kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. Her thoughts range widely: on Shakespeare and breasts, periods and piano playing, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, and much more besides. As she writes of William Blacklin, the boy she chooses as her first lover, or Julie, the teacher who encourages her spiritual life, Cordelia maddens, fascinates, and ultimately seduces the reader. This is a character never to be forgotten from a writer at the height of his powers.Be Specific About Books Supposing This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (The Dance Sequence #6)
| Original Title: | This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn |
| ISBN: | 0810970600 (ISBN13: 9780810970601) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dance Sequence #6 |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 2081 Users | 231 ReviewsAssess Containing Books This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (The Dance Sequence #6)
I honestly don't think there will ever be a book that not only captures the essence of girls, but is also the most heart-wrenching and tear inducing book I will ever read. This book starts off when Cordelia Kenn is only 15. 808 pages later she is twenty and two months old. The reader, girl or boy, learns more about life, love, girls, friendship, relationships, basically everything you can imagine. Though this was a work of fiction, I have never felt closer to a character. One of the best partsThis is one of the thickest books I've ever conquered in such short time. But Aidan Chambers makes it such an easy read. I fell in love with his main characters, as I suppose was the intention. It reads as a diary, from a girl who is astoundingly committed to maintaining it. I envy her for her determination. The ending is abrupt and unfair, but then again so is life. Point made.I must admit it is almost insulting how much Aidan Chambers understands about young females. We think we're so
It's a whole lot of pages, yet not enough. I don't believe you properly felt and lived until you read this book. I seriously can't.(I've never written a review on here before but I just had to say something -anything- about this book because it touches me like no other book ever did or could before.)
this was an amazing book! I recognized myself in the main character, it was almost like I was reading a huge part of my ow life. I've laughed, cried and dreamed. 782 pages and every page was worth it!! I was surprised that is was written by a man, happily surprised (: He's an artist!
I first picked up this book when a male friend recommended it to me. I've encountered bits and pieces of it through him and when I first went to pick up the book, its size astonished me. When I began to read it, my astonishment only grew - a book with a female narrator, practically spilling herself into these books/boxes that she kept? At sixteen, I instantly liked it, and fell in love with Cordelia. This book immediately became a big source of inspiration for me; I loved the way she could jump
Fascinating, raw, uncensored thoughts of a teenage girl, as written by an adult man. Suprisingly, he gets a lot of things right. I enjoyed this book simply because the character development was fabulous, and the story telling was honest and sincere. The book's format was also intriguing, not at all chronological, it jumps all over the place but is still cohesive. A book about falling in love and discovering oneself. I will read it again and again.
This is by far my absolute favorite Realistic Fiction book.I've read it twice now, and I can't decide which time I liked better.The first time was an interesting experience, of course, because I was able to be surprised by the plot and meet the characters. However, reading it a second time was like wrapping myself in a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa. Not only did I get to return to the wonderfully developed characters, but different aspects of the story stuck out to me anew that might've
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