Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Everything Must Go Subtitle: A Novel Author: Jenny Fran Davis Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 10-03-17 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Teens, Fiction & Literature Publisher's Summary: This warm, lighthearted audiobook debut from Jenny Fran Davis will bring a smile to every listener's face. Flora Goldwasser has fallen in love. She won't admit it to anyone, but something about Elijah Huck has pulled her under. When he tells her about the hippie Quaker school he attended in the Hudson Valley called Quare Academy, where he'll be teaching next year, Flora gives up her tony Upper East Side prep school for a life on a farm, hoping to woo him. A fish out of water, Flora stands out like a sore thumb in her vintage suits among the tattered tunics and ripped jeans of the rest of the student body. When Elijah doesn't show up, Flora must make the most of the situation and will ultimately learn more about herself than she ever thought possible. Told in a series of letters, emails, journal entries, and various ephemera, Jenny Fran Davis' Everything Must Go lays out Flora's dramatic first year for all to see, embarrassing moments and all. Members Reviews: Really Fabulous First Novel This was one of the best and most fun and books I have read in awhile. I have already recommended it to two people, one Miss Tulip, and another heavy reader of women's literature. I'm somewhat burning with former English major jealousy, although very impressed, that it was written by an undergraduate. The second half of the book really picks up with complex themes like the commodification of sex that really resonated with me. I love the characters and the settings, particularly Quare, the Quaker run boarding school. Promising, but lacking in execution.. The first thing that intrigued me about this novel, was the fact that Floraâs already in love. Most stories focus on the love story, instead this is a novel that promises to give you something else, something more unique. Add to that the out-of-the-ordinary format of letters, emails and journal entriesâ Well, it looked promising! At about 25% in the novel I started to get doubts. Flora felt very focused on the way she looks and I still didnât get a lot of details on her life at Quare. Certain events are laid out, but it all feels very detached, even though youâre reading parts of her journal â but mostly emails that have been send back and forth between Flora, her friends and her sister. But then the turn-around came and I started liking Everything Must Go. Actually. Started. Liking. It. Flora turns out to be the funny feminist and, even though I couldnât really connect with her, I didnât feel like it was essential to love this story. This novel is unique in the way that Flora has already fallen in love and she needs to find her way coping with that love. By going to Quare â somewhere a materialistic person doesnât really âfit inâ â she takes on multiple battles at once. She has to fight to keep on to hope, love and, in a way, even friendship. She has to find her place in a little tight-knit community where standards areâ Well, completely different than the standards she lives by. Even though the feminist-aspect in this novel is clearly portrayed, it was the âno shell-speakâ rule at Quare that grabbed me most. Really, that rule should be present everywhere. At Quare, the students are practically forbidden â but not really â to comment on the appearances of their fellow peers in any way.
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