Cook, Trish. So Lyrical.COOK, Trish. So lyrical. Penguin, New American Library. 222p. c2005. 0-451-21508-7. $8.99. S Trace lives with her "hippy-style" mother Bebe in Winnetka, Illinois Winnetka is a village located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. It has a population of 12,419, with an extremely high level of affluence. New Trier High School, a nationally renowned public school, is located in Winnetka. , where Bebe moved when she was 18, unmarried, and pregnant with Trace. Bebe supports them by writing novels based on rock stars, and is still obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with the music of her youth. Trace is usually proud of her mom and close to her emotionally, but she is obsessed with finding her father. Bebe will tell Trace all about the songs of her youth and she has photos of herself with rock stars of the time plastered all over their house, but she will not tell Trace the identity of her father. Trace has decided that her father is probably Bruce Springsteen, and tries throughout the story to make her ideas fit the "clues" that she thinks Bebe has given her. In another subplot sub·plot n. 1. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or film. Also called counterplot, underplot. 2. A subdivision of a plot of land, especially a plot used for experimental purposes. , Trace's best friend Brina is receiving love note-type poetry from a secret admirer This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , and spends much of the story trying to discover his identity while, like Trace, trying to make her ideas fit the clues she finds. Trace's obsessive search for her father fills her life to overflowing. She has her relationships with her best friend Brina and other friends, her regular school routine, a burgeoning relationship with Zander zan·der n. pl. zander or zan·ders A common European pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) valued as a food fish. [German, from Low German Sander (a wealthy boy whom she meets while training for a marathon), her efforts to choose a college, and finally a trip to her grandparents' home in New Jersey in a bid to find out more about her mother's past and hopefully discover her father. Music, lyrics, and poetry weave this story together, and amazingly, all the elements come together well in a resoundingly re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. nice chord at the end. If the conclusion seems just a little too pat, it will please those readers who like all the loose ends tied up neatly. Nancy Chrismer, Libn., Juniata HS, Mifflintown, PA |
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