By: gormenghast10014

gormenghast10014 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:30:59 +0000

“Discovering Martha” by Joanne Rocklin
http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Martha-Joanne-Rocklin/dp/0517133199/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223904484&sr=1-2
“the power of positive thinking. As a 5-year-old, Martha Green appeared in two TV commercials, but now at 11, she’s just a lonely, slightly overweight, latch-key child. So when she receives a “free” guitar in the mail, she sees it as her ticket to being rediscovered and resolves to learn to play it during the six-week trial period. Martha plunges into the lessons with gusto and, seemingly through the magical powers of the guitar, the rest of her world improves. Her parents are more cheerful; her friend Winston, an equally lonely, gifted boy with a heart condition, is more interesting than she imagined; her grandfather’s memory loss doesn’t seem as bad; and even her schoolwork improves. But she still has the dilemma of the guitar to resolve, which she has hidden from her parents. That issue is soon decided in the most far-fetched scene in the book. Martha seems to have an overwhelming number of problems to deal with and several of them are left dangling, frustrating readers. Many will probably want to know, for example, how Winston comes through his surgery”
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