Description
"My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to-quote-sit on a window sill and get all pensive and stuff and jot down descriptions. Unquote Glicksberg! I don't know what kind of things he writes but I found my inspiration in Malibu with a radio, my best girlfriends, and absolutely zillions of boys for miles. I absolutely had to write everything down because I heard that when you get older you forget things, and I'd be the most miserable woman in the world if I forgot all about Moondoggie and what happened this summer. I absolutely owe the world my story. (And every word is true. I swear.)"
This is Franzie, part Holden Caulfield, part Lolita. The guys call her Gidget-short for girl midget. Based on the experiences of his own daughter, Frederick Kohner's trend-setting novel became an international sensation with an irrepressible heroine whose voice still echoes every thrill, every fear, and every hope that every teenager ever had about growing up.
Includes a Foreword by Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (aka the real Gidget)
About the Author
Frederick Kohner (1905-1986) was the author of the Gidget novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature-length animated film. He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman.
Reviews
"[A] wonderfully fresh...amusing, tough, and tender novel."-San Francisco Chronicle
"Touching and entertaining."-The New York Times
"Gidget makes one think of Catcher in the Rye."-Hartford Courant
"Shocking but wonderfully entertaining."-The Pittsburgh Press
"Gidget is delightful."-San Francisco Call-Bulletin
"An amusing, revealing and...touching picture of the uncertainty of adolescence."-Manchester Evening News
"Mid-summer madness about beach bums, surf boards, malibu and a fifteen-year old american answer to Francoise Sagan."-Los Angeles Times
Book Information
ISBN 9780425179628
Author Frederick Kohner
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Penguin USA
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm * 12mm