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Nothing but Trouble
For most people, going to college is the beginning of their lives away from their parents, when they search for the meaning of their lives. Not so for Bobbie Lamont, who chooses to stay at home with her parents instead of moving away.After graduating from Saint. Augustine Academy for Girls and then falling in love with Malcolm Pryce, Bobbie was ready for the next stage of her life, attending college at Tulane University.Once again, her only friend is Billie Carver, who is also attending Tulane. So are Angie Stone and Sarah Connor, two girls who made Bobbie's life miserable at St. Augustine. They will continue to torment her.The next four years of her life will change Bobbie. She continues to search for her place in the world, wondering how to turn her love of reading and writing into a career. The experiences she goes through with various men teach her that love and sex can be nothing but trouble at times.
249 pages, Hardcover
Published September 21, 2021
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About the author
Zelmer Wilson
12 books31 followersZelmer Wilson (born 1 July 1975 in Fort Collins, Colorado) is an American author.
He discovered that he wanted to be a writer when he was fifteen years old during the summer of 1990 while in Birmingham, Alabama, visiting his mother and two sisters.
He spent the next few years trying to write a novel. At first, because he was reading science-fiction at the time, he tried to write a science-fiction novel.
It was when he was twenty-one years old that he read Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer for the first time. He then realized that he could use his own life as the basis or inspiration for a story.
He finished the first draft of his first novel several years later, in August of 2001. He then spent the next year re-writing it. He tried to get it published, but failed. He has since lost it.
He didn't gave up, though and spent the next few years writing other novels while working a full time forty hour a week job. His debut novel, In the Middle, is inspired by his own difficult teenage years in Phoenix, Arizona.
He discovered that he wanted to be a writer when he was fifteen years old during the summer of 1990 while in Birmingham, Alabama, visiting his mother and two sisters.
He spent the next few years trying to write a novel. At first, because he was reading science-fiction at the time, he tried to write a science-fiction novel.
It was when he was twenty-one years old that he read Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer for the first time. He then realized that he could use his own life as the basis or inspiration for a story.
He finished the first draft of his first novel several years later, in August of 2001. He then spent the next year re-writing it. He tried to get it published, but failed. He has since lost it.
He didn't gave up, though and spent the next few years writing other novels while working a full time forty hour a week job. His debut novel, In the Middle, is inspired by his own difficult teenage years in Phoenix, Arizona.
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April 18, 2016
Reviewed By Rabia Tanveer for Readers’ Favorite
Nothing but Trouble by Zelmer Wilson is about Bobbie Lamont. She is not your typical girl. She used to prefer books over boys and she only has one friend, Billie Carver. Instead of going away to college, she decided to stay with her parents and attend Tulane University. After attending an all-girls Catholic school called St. Augustine Academy for Girls, she was very excited to see what life will bring her. That turns out to be Malcolm.
After getting her heart broken by two boys before him, Malcolm felt like a gift to Bobbie; little did she know that Malcolm's love would be short lived as well. Two months after that, he has to leave to attend Columbia University to get his master’s degree. It is an opportunity that he should not miss and he does not want to. Bobbie does not want him to leave, but she has no choice. When the day comes, he kisses her goodbye and walks out of her life. As her life takes an unsuspecting turn, she takes joy in writing and reading. Her friendship with her only friend is threatened after her goodbye to Malcolm. With outside forces trying to break up the two girls and test their friendship, they will have to make the decision to stay or cut each other loose.
Zelmer Wilson wrote a beautifully complicated story. The story had so many facets - at one point we see the friendship problems between the two girls, and at another point we are seeing Bobbie dealing with boys and sexual tension. There is so much happening in the story, but all the elements are well thought out and told through beautiful prose. A job well done by Zelmer Wilson. I really enjoyed it!
Nothing but Trouble by Zelmer Wilson is about Bobbie Lamont. She is not your typical girl. She used to prefer books over boys and she only has one friend, Billie Carver. Instead of going away to college, she decided to stay with her parents and attend Tulane University. After attending an all-girls Catholic school called St. Augustine Academy for Girls, she was very excited to see what life will bring her. That turns out to be Malcolm.
After getting her heart broken by two boys before him, Malcolm felt like a gift to Bobbie; little did she know that Malcolm's love would be short lived as well. Two months after that, he has to leave to attend Columbia University to get his master’s degree. It is an opportunity that he should not miss and he does not want to. Bobbie does not want him to leave, but she has no choice. When the day comes, he kisses her goodbye and walks out of her life. As her life takes an unsuspecting turn, she takes joy in writing and reading. Her friendship with her only friend is threatened after her goodbye to Malcolm. With outside forces trying to break up the two girls and test their friendship, they will have to make the decision to stay or cut each other loose.
Zelmer Wilson wrote a beautifully complicated story. The story had so many facets - at one point we see the friendship problems between the two girls, and at another point we are seeing Bobbie dealing with boys and sexual tension. There is so much happening in the story, but all the elements are well thought out and told through beautiful prose. A job well done by Zelmer Wilson. I really enjoyed it!
August 10, 2015
I won a print copy of Nothing But Trouble on Goodreads.
I have not read anything written by the author before so I am not aware as to what the writing style normally is but in this case I felt like I was reading a journal by a young adult. The only thing that would prevent me from saying it would be appropriate for over age 13 is the fact that rape and adultery is involved. The book covers four years (college) but seemed to highlight the points that mattered as far as Billie and relationships with men. Almost like taking parts of someone's journal and putting into a story. Even though I didn't read book one and two in the series it did not prevent me from understanding the book. From what I can gather from parts of Nothing But Trouble, the previous books only covered the developing years of Bobbie and Billie's friendship.
I have not read anything written by the author before so I am not aware as to what the writing style normally is but in this case I felt like I was reading a journal by a young adult. The only thing that would prevent me from saying it would be appropriate for over age 13 is the fact that rape and adultery is involved. The book covers four years (college) but seemed to highlight the points that mattered as far as Billie and relationships with men. Almost like taking parts of someone's journal and putting into a story. Even though I didn't read book one and two in the series it did not prevent me from understanding the book. From what I can gather from parts of Nothing But Trouble, the previous books only covered the developing years of Bobbie and Billie's friendship.
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