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Grace is nearly 16, and like many girls her age, has a lot on her mind. Teen parties, unpleasant girls at school, squabbles with mum, partially absent dad, the gorgeous boy who actually seems to have noticed her... Then there's what to wear, whether she'll do or say the wrong thing and how to behave on a date. All concerns enough - but heightened by the fact that Grace has Asperger's syndrome. Cooper: You’re the man! Thanks for being such a steadfast support of that great movie and this humble tribute to it. Please welcome your friend into our club!
What happened to him over Christmas vacation of ’89/’90 is a complicated story that I myself didn’t fully understand until just a few years ago, and that I obviously didn’t recount here in any contextual detail for myriad reasons. Funny enough, I was chatting with him on the phone last week, and he recalled a time my father gave him a comforting piece of advice after he and I got in some pretty serious trouble: We’d played a birthday prank on his younger brother that wound up really hurting the kid’s feelings. It wasn’t done malignantly — it was simply a case of two twelve-year-olds talking themselves into an ill-conceived idea — but nonetheless the damage was done. And when I was relaying the content of that phone conversation to my wife over dinner that night, she said (in her wisdom) that we all did stupid and regrettable things at that age simply because we didn’t know any better, and that’s how we learned. We need to understand, she added, what was done is in no way a reflection of the person we are now, and that we ultimately have to forgive our then-selves for it. I mention that because it goes to exactly what you said about having empathy for who you were, in all of his in-progress imperfection. Seeing what’s become of New York over the last three decades, it’s hard to blame them. But on the eve of the film’s thirtieth anniversary — it was released on September 14, 1990 — I don’t share their pessimism, their hopelessness, about the city where we all came of age. I’m a climate activist, trained by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who has spent the past few years fighting for a Green New Deal — trying, often with little success and great frustration, to inspire folks to embrace the Green New Deal’s vision a cleaner, fairer, more just, and more sustainable world. There’s been, alas, little appetite for the sweeping systemic changes it calls for… I totally feel ya on the storyline. I was really peeved at how 1-dimensional all the secondary characters were. Especially Gabe?!? Like how was I supposed to ship that. NOTHING HAPPENED. They didn't even really talk much! I know it was first love and they were young and etc. etc. But Gabe had the personality of a very dead pancake. 😂 Whip-smart, hilarious and unapologetically honest, The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas is a heart-warming story of one girl trying to work out where she fits in, and whether she even wants to. From Goodreads.Por defecto, los comentarios se ordenan por fecha del comentario y según otros criterios para mostrar los más relevantes, incluidos a título enunciativo el idioma, los que incluyen texto y los que no son anónimos. Puede haber otros criterios para ordenarlos (por tipo de viajero, por puntuación, etc.). Bijdragen dienen geschikt te zijn voor een wereldwijd publiek. Vermijd grof taalgebruik of pogingen daartoe door middel van creatieve spelling, in welke taal dan ook. Opmerkingen en media die haatzaaiende uitlatingen, discriminerende opmerkingen, bedreigingen, seksueel expliciet taalgebruik, geweld, en de promotie van illegale activiteiten bevatten, zijn niet toegestaan. I feel for Julia , she's lost who she is a bit and needs some support herself and breathing space to be Julia and not just mum. lenguaje ofensivo, sexual, discriminatorio, amenazante, que incite al odio o de contenido violento; Thanks so much for taking the time to read the post and leave a comment! I gotta tell you, I am perennially surprised and delighted by how many SoG fans discover this modest tribute to that cult crime classic and take the initiative to express their appreciation for it here. I watched it once again over St. Paddy’s three months ago, and my admiration for it only deepens with each successive viewing.
Because the entitled hipsters annexing Brooklyn for its “authenticity” measured that quality only in pints of craft beer poured, in shots of artisanal espresso brewed, and not for a New York minute in the actual hardscrabble experiences of the people born and raised there. And so taco stands are transformed into tapas bars, tenements rechristened “boutique co-ops” and priced for a decidedly better class of people. The current occupants? Well, they’re relocated, through instruments of gentrification, so they can be free to be authentic— ethnic and poor — elsewhere. Because their kind of authenticity is like hearing about your stripper’s sexually abusive childhood: It’s detrimental to the fantasy you’re paying for. So, a way of life comes to an end, its culture extracted like some kind of natural resource and reduced to a sanitized, commodified theme park, as free of minorities as it is of GMOs. Grace has Asperger's and her own way of looking at the world. She's got a horse and a best friend who understand her, and that's pretty much all she needs. But when Grace kisses Gabe and things start to change at home, the world doesn't make much sense to her any more. Disclaimer:I do not have Asperger's syndrome, and so cannot comment on how well represented people with Asperger's are in this book. However, it is #OwnVoices. And yet the one “spoiler” in State of Grace wouldn’t diminish the power of that movie at all even if you did know Terry’s secret from the outset. Christ, Joanou practically telegraphs it during that opening scene in Queensbridge Park! Still, no one seems to see it coming. Sometimes I end up staying places for hours longer than I want to because I don’t know how to make my excuses and leave.” (167)John, my thanks to you for sharing your fondness and your memories of State of Grace, and for turning me on to The Falcon and the Snowman; it’s never too late, after all, to experience an overlooked classic. Before I get to technicalities... Finally! I almost felt the tension that built up in the book myself. And I needed them to release it, thank goddesses I've got what I wanted. Be warned, do not read the last few chapters while at work/in public. I will not reveal anything so you'll have to trust me on that, because like Bullet, I do not like to elaborate on things that I'm 100% sure I'm right about. No need to be psychic to be sure about that. *giggles*
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