Barbara Hall (1) (1967–)
Author of The Music Teacher
For other authors named Barbara Hall, see the disambiguation page.
Series
Works by Barbara Hall
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1967-07-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chatham, Virginia, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- James Madison University
- Occupations
- television producer
singer-songwriter
television writer
novelist - Organizations
- The Enablers (alt. country rock band)
- Awards and honors
- Humanitas Prize for Television
Television Critics Association Award
TV Guide Award
Catholics in Media Award
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Members
- 498
- Popularity
- #49,660
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 39
- ISBNs
- 76
- Languages
- 4
The characters are interesting, but only on a superficial L.A. level. I'm not sure if this is what the author meant to do. If so she did a superb job. I felt sorry for them as they left me sad they're only living half lives.
The relationship Pearl has with one of her student's struck me as pathetic and not at all as a 40 year old woman should behave. Though the character does mention that. But she doesn't seem to delve into it much or seem to want to correct it.
It was an easy quick read and I liked the honest abruptness of Pearl which is what kept me reading and I liked the areas of intellectualism as well....but, there wasn't much growth of the characters and they felt like empty shells of human beings just going through the motions, to me.… (more)