Me and Mr. Booker That would’ve been the sensible thing to do. Looking back, Martha could’ve said no when Mr Booker first tried to kiss her.. Me and Mr Booker is a story about feeling old when you’re young and acting young when yo
| TITLE | : | Me and Mr. Booker |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.52 (146 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1935639366 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 216 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2012-12-25 |
| GENRE | : |
A story about feeling old when you're young and acting young when you're not, Me and Mr Booker is a darkly comic tale of lust and deceit, and the power of love to derail your life. Looking back, Martha could’ve said no when Mr Booker first tried to kiss her. That would’ve been the sensible thing to do. But Martha is sixteen, she lives in a small dull towna cemetery with lightsher father is mad, her home is stifling, and she’s waiting for the rest of her life to begin. Of course Martha would kiss the charming Englishman who brightened her world with style, adventure, whiskey, cigarettes and sex. But Martha didn’t count on the consequences. Me and Mr Booker is a story about feeling old when you’re young and acting young when you’re not.
Editorial : From Booklist
Australian Taylor’s debut is a Lolita-esque tale of 16-year-old Martha’s affair with an unhappily married older man. Martha meets Mr. Booker and his wife at a party hosted by her mother and immediately falls under the sway of the glamorous couple. Before long, they are taking her clothes shopping and paying for her to get her hair styled. It’s a welcome escape for Martha, who wishes her mother would kick her feckless father to the curb once and for all. Martha falls into an affair with Mr. Booker and discovers the dissatisfaction behind the facade of his carefree life with Mrs. Booker. Her mother and Mrs. Booker remain blissfully ignorant, but Martha’s father, when he isn’t concentrating on his latest scheme to get money from Martha’s mother, is suspicious of the amount of time Martha is spending with this older friend of the family.
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