They both took positions at BYU in 1985, the same year her first novel, The Romantic Obsessions and Humiliations of Annie Sehlmeier, received the the Delacorte Press First Young Adult Novel Contest, leading to its publication. While there, Louise earned a master’s degree in English.
The Plummers moved from Boston to Minnesota in 1971 when Tom took a position at the University of Minnesota. She lives in New York, New York with her writer/professor husband Tom. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Louise Plummer is a noted author young-adult fiction and a retired associate professor of English for Brigham Young University. With a forgivably pat ending (this is a bodice ripper, after all!) that isn't quite as successful as its build-up, the book appeals to the starry-eyed romantic that lurks in us all.Īlice Casey Smith, Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, NJĬopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Kate is a uniquely strong female protagonist whose reflections on life, love, and people shine through. Written in chapters that alternate novel segments with Kate's revision notes, the plot advances and characters develop with hilarity of detail. Witty, keen writing likable characters, and an interesting format form a fast-paced, refreshing book with lots of appeal. After much humorous travail, everything sorts itself out, and Kate lives happily ever after, at least for the six weeks that her romance has lasted. Ashley, Kate's nubile, popular best friend, lets raging hormones stampede loyalty and horns in on Richard, even though Kate has identified him as the man of her dreams thus a perfect romance-fiction villain is born. Fleur, whom Kate believes to be Richard's girlfriend, combines perfect California good looks with a rapier wit. With a surprise Christmas visit from her older brother, his wife, and college friends, one of whom is a former neighbor and Kate's dream hunk, the freezing Minnesota winter takes on summer's glow.
off the charts proves that true love awaits even the gawkiest, most socially inept teen. Spoofing the searing descriptions and pat plots of torrid bodice rippers, this six-foot tall heroine with glasses thick as Coke bottles and an I.Q.
Grade 7-10-Charismatic, lighthearted, and irresistible, Kate Bjorkman narrates her tale of teen romance in the language and conventions of The Romance Writer's Handbook.
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