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Great Read!!!! September 4, 2012
By KE
Great surprise to find out that this book is not what you think it is. This book is a cultural and psychological exploration of a hedonistic and morally tumultuous time in our history at the epicenter of the 1960's movement. The protagonist, April Moon is an emotionally disorganized, rebellious and ambitious character who is seeking ways to affirm her beauty, desirability and efficacy through sexual exploits and self- medication.
The author, Elissa Eaton, cleverly writes in a style which reflects the chaotic inner self of her main character. Her writing conventions are flaunted in a T.S. Eliot fashion thereby emphasizing the careless nature of the times and the figures in this book. Ms. Eaton has a talent for descriptive writing which allows the reader to experience the purposeless and demeaning life of April as she struggles to find herself in self destructive ways. April's glory days portray the quest for fun and adventure through the empty pursuits that the culture of Hollywood has branded its own and the values of the most decadent times in modern history. Only those who lived through this time period in this specific area of the country can truly understand the exploits that the author has illustrated in this complex and revealing romp.
There could be a movie in the future of this book. It would allow the audience to more robustly explore the depths of April's psyche, hopefully minimizing the sexual aspects and instead highlighting the self -serving ethos of the times that threw the most powerful nation on earth into a trance of shock and moral trauma.
KE