![]() The whole town, for instance, knows instantly that Patsy Duff, the gorgeous, pampered trophy daughter of the town banker, is only going through a rebellious stage when she takes up with Evie. It's her 15-year-old brother, Parr, the narrator of the novel, who points out that the whole family could just as accurately be called a stereotype: "We came from farmers, we bred farmers, we looked like farmers, and we'd probably die farmers."īut over and over, anyone who tries to dismiss anyone else as a stereotype eventually gets it wrong or misses the point. As Evie's mother puts it, "You're what everybody's always thought one of those women was like."īut Evie's so sweet, funny and vivid, she never seems like a stereotype. ![]() With "I am what I am" sureness, Evie wears her brother's bomber jacket, smokes "no hands," wisecracks, does the work of two men and can fix anything mechanical on her family's small Missouri farm. Kerr's 18th book for young adults, is one of the author's bravest creations - not because she's a lesbian, but because to look at her you'd think she was absolutely a stereotype. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Ages 12 and up)ĮIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Evie Burrman, the eye of the hurricane in M. ![]()
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