Pretty Is As Pretty
Does
~reviews~
~Clement's
wildly entertaining first novel presents a complex
character who quenches the thirst for straightforwardness
despite her many shortcomings and ignites the pages with
lusty passages spewed from a volcano of pent-up desire.
—Booklist
~a
fresh, spunky heroine who lights up this first novel.
Recommended for all fiction collections.
—The
Library Journal
~Clement has a funny yet frank presentation of sexuality.
For at least half of the novel we find ourselves laughing
page after page. The humor doesn't stop at that point, but
the raw impact of chaos starts striking us.... Like the
intricately aerobatic qualities of silent screen comedy
this book is driven by an imaginative and high-spirited use
of familiar types.... Clement goes for farce, sweeps us up
in all [its] expected intensities....
—The Denver Post
~Clement writes with ease and inherent humor
—The Houston Chronicle
~vernacular
writing at its best
—Stacey's Books, San Franscisco
~If
Lucy Fooshee's story doesn't make readers both howl with
laughter and cry with empathy, they might want to check
themselves for a pulse! For in Alison Clement's fiction
debut, she has created a thoroughly real protagonist -- one
whose struggle for identity and transcendence will mirror
their own.
—The Barnes & Noble Review from Discover Great New
Writers
(Fall 2001 Selection)
~Lucy is young, pretty, newly married to a rich
farmer...and obsessed with handsome Billy, a new guy in
town with no future. She's also bright, funny, and mean,
and there's snappy writing about good ol' boys, strange
family members, and bigotry. An outstanding first novel. -
Cheryl Maze, OSU Bookstore, Corvalis, OR