The Adults

De: Alison Espach

Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert

In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, Alison Espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love. At the center of this affluent suburban universe is Emily Vidal, a smart and snarky teenager, who gets involved in a suspect relationship with one of the adults after witnessing a suicide in her neighborhood.

Among the cast of unforgettable characters is Emily's father, whose 50th birthday party has the adults descending upon the Vidal's patio; her mother, who has orchestrated the elaborate party even though she and her husband are getting a divorce; and an assortment of eccentric neighbors, high-school teachers, and teenagers who teem with anxiety and sexuality and an unbridled desire to be noticed, and ultimately, loved.

©2011 Alison Espach (P)2011 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[A]stute and funny… as idiosyncratic as it is stirring." ( The New York Times)

"[An] outstanding coming-of-age novel… one of the funniest books I've read in a long time." ( The Wall Street Journal)

I should have read the reviews

This book should be called lots and lots of sex because honestly it's filled with it. Very graphic teenage and adult sex. Sex everywhere!
The book was all over the place and confusing at times. It just seems like it was thrown together quick. Some might love it, but it definitely wasn't my cup of tea.

A Little Too "Nothing" For My Taste

One reviewer wrote "A book where nothing happens". That about sums it up. I tend to enjoy books that follow a group of people through everyday life and tells their story. I guess those are basically books where nothing happens so I took a chance on this one. Ughhh......no really, NOTHING happens in this book. I mean something happens but it doesn't mean anything. There is no point. Where other books take the nothing and make you care, make you connect and relate. This book was just so blah. I was really shocked that I didn't like it but I just plain didn't. Even with it's semi-provocative main story line it's a bore overall. Not worth a credit.

Why oh why didn’t I read other reviews!

If you want to listen to the whiny, immature ramblings of a pre-adolescent for hours upon hours….this is the book for you! I am SO DISAPPOINTED. I had just finished the same author’s The Wedding People, which I adored. I couldn’t wait to inhabit the worlds of other (relatable adult) characters by the same author. But this book is grating, boring, irritating, and completely irrelevant to anyone over 19 years of age. The adults are portrayed as incredibly unlikeable paper thin cutouts, the narrator an incredibly unlikeable, self-absorbed pre-teen. BUMMED.

Horrible book

This was a horrible book. I really couldn’t get past chapter 11. I understand that the author may have been showing how horrible people can be, but it was just disgusting. I really enjoyed her other books, but this one I couldn’t get past.

childish

I could not finish this book. I am not sure if it was meant to be a pre-teen book or what. I realy enjoyed this writer's other book.. the wedding peo6. but this one is ...

Funny yet serious

For those of you who find teenage humor funny, you will really find some very funny exchanges in this story. I loved that like I find some college humor laugh-out- loud. It somehow softens the more serious issue of some teacher/ student relationships.