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Mel (edition 1991)

by Liz Berry

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When her mother is hospitalized after suffering a mental breakdown, seventeen-year-old Mel redecorates the house, initiates a neighborhood clean-up, and becomes involved with a rock star.
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Seventeen-year-old Mel Calder is desperate for her life to change, and she is learning the hard way that only she can make it happen. Left alone in their run-down house after her mother’s breakdown, Mel decides to repair and redecorate it for her mother when she comes home, but it’s not long before the whole neighborhood is involved.
When Mel meets attractive Mitch Hamilton, lead guitarist with top rock group Asssassination, Mitch is more than willing to help with the house, but Mel is suspicious. She has no time for a boyfriend, particularly a famous one who will be off to other girls in other countries soon enough, and, besides, there’s her lovely teacher, young Mr Edwards, so helpful and sympathetic. So when Mitch announces his intention to marry Mel, no one is more astounded than Mel herself except, perhaps, Mitch’s girlfriend, the formidable Roxy Leigh. ( )
  Gmomaj | May 31, 2022 |
Per la serie "ritorno all'adolescenza" ho preso in biblioteca qualche libro meno di fantascienza e più giovanile.
Mel vive in un quartiere degradato di Londra e ha una madre con problemi di depressione, ha anche la forza di volontà di riprendere in mano la sua vita e rendere anche il quartiere un posto migliore.
E' un libro positivo e va bene visto che è rivolto ad adolescenti, alcuni passaggi sono un po' bruschi come i mutamenti di atteggiamento dei vicini di casa e il finale e storia d'amore ricordano tanto gli shojo più banali che ci sono (ecco, sul finale si poteva fare certamente di più).
Leggendolo però non ho potuto fare a meno di pensare a tutti i programmi di "Ristrutturo casa" ambientati in Inghilterra, sarà culturale? ( )
  Saretta.L | Apr 10, 2013 |
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When her mother is hospitalized after suffering a mental breakdown, seventeen-year-old Mel redecorates the house, initiates a neighborhood clean-up, and becomes involved with a rock star.

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Seventeen-year-old Melody Calder is desperate for her life to change, and she is learning the hard way that only she can make it happen. Left alone in their run-down house after her mother's breakdown, she decides to repair and redecorate it for her mother when she comes home, but it's not long before the whole neighbourhood is involved. When Mel meets attractive Mitch Hamilton, lead guitarist with top rock group, Assassination, Mitch is more than willing to help with the house, but Mel is suspicious. She has no time for a boyfriend, particularly a famous one, who will be off to other girls in other countries soon enough, and besides there's her lovely teacher, young Mr. Edwards, really helpful and sympathetic. So when Mitch announces his intention to marry Mel, no one is more astounded than Mel herself, except, perhaps, Mitch's girlfriend, the formidable Roxy Leigh...Mel is a courageous and resourceful heroine, who finds she is able to assert her independence and, against the odds, make a future for herself.
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