Even Now

by Michelle Latiolas

An evocative portrait of a young girl struggling with the complexities of adolescence and maturity and the unresolved conflicts of her childhood focuses on fifteen-year-old Lisa, the introspective child of divorced parents

Genres: Fiction

268 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1990

Reviews

[Randy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've just discovered this writer, even though she co-directs [with Ron Carlson] the prestigious MFA writing program at UCI, a stone's throw from where I live in SoCal. This is her first novel, published 1990, and displays her elegant descriptive prose and introspective style. Sadly out of print, and not even at the OC library, but I found a gently used hardcover on ABE books and glad to have and share it. A quiet story, a coming of age as an adolescent daughter of divorce, living with the push-pull of parents and the struggle to find her own voice, aided and abetted by an unexpected secondary character.
I preferred her more recent novel, A Proper Knowledge, which differently, and more overtly, deals with another, albeit supposedly mature individual finding his way and struggling with defining moments of loss, but both are fine works of fiction and worth your time, and if you are a reader, as I am, who loves to discover writers who are under the radar, check out Michelle Latiolais, if you can find her!

[Will · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite fiction writing professor's book.