Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN. Dyan Sheldon. 1999/2004. Read by Fiona Gallagher
Fiona Gallagher was a fictional character in the Channel 4 drama Shameless. She was played by Anne-Marie Duff. She is the eldest child of Frank Gallagher and Monica Gallagher. . Abridged. 2 cds. 2.5 hrs. Random House Audio, Imaginationstudio. 0-8072-1689-5. $19.99. Plastic; plot, reader notes. JS When Mary Elizabeth moves from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to New Jersey she changes her name to Lola and sets out to take center stage, as befits a person with her gifts and star ambition--only to discover that the starring role at Dellwood (aka Deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. ) High is already taken by local girl Carla Santini. The newel Undeterred undeterred Adjective not put off or dissuaded Adj. 1. undeterred - not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell undiscouraged , Lola sets out to at least wrest wrest tr.v. wrest·ed, wrest·ing, wrests 1. To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements: wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers. from Carla the lead role in the school's production of Pygmalion, wowing the locals with her talent and showing Carla that competition has finally come to town. With the help of her best friend, Ella, she must also somehow wrangle tickets to the final concert bash in New York for everyone's favorite band, Siddhartha. You see, Carla's father has already gotten his little girl tickets to the big event. Gallagher has a way of bringing teenage girls to life in this semi-voiced reading, and she does a fine job with bored inflections. She is also adept at the various accents that crop up in the story, such as Eliza Doolittle's Cockney Cockney Bow Bells famous bell in East End of London; “only one who is born within the bell’s sound is a true Cockney.” [Br. Hist.: NCE, 347] Doolittle, Eliza Cockney girl taught by professor to imitate aristocracy. and Jersey club bouncers. This abridgment should be popular with teens (this tale was recently made into a movie), although the ending, which leaves things open for a sequel, seems quite abrupt. J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. Carol Reich, Youth Svcs. Mgr, Hillsboro P.L., Hillsboro, OR |
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