Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking, (Paperback)

from DIANAIS

I started reading this book as the train was taking me to a long awaited holiday. I hoped it would be an easy read but it took me by surprise. The novel is full of hidden meanings and it is a story that seems followed by a cloud of sadness. The atmosphere is gloomy and it isn't at all the funny n...

from LizaHa

I'm not sure exactly where the line is between young adult and adult fiction or how useful the distinction, but this book seemed somehow to fall into the former camp. It floats out some moments that seem like they might be interesting, then wafts them gently away. There is probably something diff...

from stonelaura

It's hard to resist a book with a title like this, and for most of the book I wasn't let down. It wasn't until the rather clichéd ending that I was a bit disappointed. The story is really told in two parts, the first is about Miranda's early years on a tiny island off the coast of Maine where she...

from Vidalia

So so - Miranda's route to self-discovery and connection with her father is too plodding and the secret is too transparent.

from Melkor81205

The story of a young girl coming of age on a small private island off of Maine. After living alone with her introvert father who does little in the way of fathering, the young lady lands up leaving to work in New York, assisting her father's old colleagues. It is a well done novel, a girl's searc...