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Instead, she finds herself in situations that are more embarrassing then they are thrilling. She likes dressing up as a showgirl for Halloween, but hasn't counted on what happens in the broom closet at school. And she's delighted to be a bridesmaid, but feels awkward at the bridal shower. Even Patrick begins to seem childish to her.
Elizabeth and Pamela, however, her two best friends, feel that life is changing too much for them. Elizabeth finds that a new a boy at school is attracted to her, while Pamela faces a serious problem at home. Lester, too, Alice's brother, can't quite believe he's losing his old girlfriend, Crystal. When Alice dials Miss Summers, however, the woman her father loves, there is always the hope that this time she will get the mother she has always wanted.
131 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1997
I wanted action! Decisions! I wanted, as Les might say, an event to change the course of human destiny, mine in particular. I wanted chapters to close, so that others could open up, and I could get on with it!
It's strange, but as I was sitting there at the head table looking out over the room, I began to feel that my life was moving forward -- that at last I was growing up, because I realized how fooling it would have been if Lester had run off with Crystal. She'd made her decision with no guarantees whatsoever, and Les and I had to do the same. Maybe Lester wouldn't marry anyone. Maybe I'd change my mind and decide not to be a psychiatrist after all, but at least I was inching closer to the person I wanted to be -- more than just a clone of everyone else, but not so outrageously different that I had to wear green spikes on my head.