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Durable Goods (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Berg (Author)
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  • Paperback: 958 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380728842
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380728848
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,564,824 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A prosaic masterpiece on the timeless aspects of growing up., 27 Aug 1996
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Elizabeth Berg leads the reader back to childhood, to the endless waiting, to the unending anticipations and frustrations, to the simple joys and all consuming sorrows of youth. As the protagonist lives her ordinary moments, at the eye of the stormy life around her is emerging a young woman with hope and courage. Elizabeth Berg writes with tender humor and vital realism that is sure to make this book a durable good.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A girl's journey to understand life and how to live it, 2 Sep 1999
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This book exceeded all of my expectations in the greatest way. It is so truthful and heartfelt that you can't help but fall in love with the characters and try to gain an even better understanding of their lives. Durable Goods is well worth the time to read it, the pages will turn one after another because it is impossible to put down for even one second.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will transport you, 11 April 2007
This review is from: Durable Goods (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (Paperback)
I finished 'Durable Goods' last night and am re-reading it today, marking the original lines. She has a simple but powerful writing style and uses diamond-sharp similes.

There's no complex 'plot' as such in this book. The story is about the thoughts and feelings of a 12 year old girl, Katie, struggling to get along with her 18 year old sister, and their volatile and aggressive Army Dad who does not permit his daughters to cry. Katie is also still trying to come to terms with her mother's death.

For all that it's a heart-warming up-beat book told in present tense first-person point of view. There is much gentle humour as Katie longs for the onset of puberty while her best friend, Cherylanne, is already 14 and expert in the ways of women, the world, and glossy magazine 'chic'.

It made me smile a lot but also made me feel like crying at one point.

We've all experienced having to move, leave close friends behind, at some time in life and reading this unlocked some deep stuff. It touches chords, even in a man.

The mini interview info at the back of the book says she wrote a third book, 'True to Form', as one of her readers just had to know what happened to Katie after 'Joy School', so I'm looking forward to reading the other two now.

For anyone thinking of starting writing, she has also written: 'Escaping into the open - the art of writing' which provides much encouragement.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a great little book!!!!
"Durable Goods" was a bit too short for my liking but.... I loved it. Katie and her friend Cherylanne are on the verge of womanhood and are typical teens. Read more
Published on 1 July 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Half of my Durable Goods is underlined
I have this habit of underlining, while reading a book, the sentences or phrases or comments or whatever that may be said, which rings this bell in my inner self. Read more
Published on 7 April 1999

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