cornerfolds
Written on May 19, 2018
DNF @ 56%
*Review to come!*
Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans. Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys, this novel has something for everyone: love, mystery, murder, blackmail and warmth.
Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy - she needs more than New Orleans can offer. Known locally as a brothel prostitute's daughter, she dreams of life at an elite college, far away from here.
But then a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie caught between her ambition and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans is luring Josie deeper in as she searches for the truth, and temptation beckons at every turn.
Praise for Between Shades of Gray:
'This superlative first novel by Ruta Sepetys demonstrates the strength of its unembellished language. A hefty emotional punch' - The New York Times
'. . . moving and heart-wrenching.' - The Guardian
Ruta Sepetys was born and raised in Michigan and now lives with her family in Tennessee. Her first novel, Between Shades of Gray, was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the Waterstones Children's Book Award.
- ISBN10 0141347333
- ISBN13 9780141347332
- Publish Date 7 March 2013 (first published 1 February 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English
Reviews
DNF @ 56%
*Review to come!*
readingwithwrin
Written on May 4, 2015
Ruta Sepetys is becoming a must read author for me.
I had tried to read this book a little earlier this year, but just could not get into it. So I put, it off for a while and then picked it up once again and
this time I absolutely loved it.
In this story we follow Josie a teenager whose mother is a brothel prostitute and is the most uncaring person in the whole story. Despite this though
Josie becomes independent at a very young age living above a bookshop at the age of 11, and working there from then on. With the help of the bookshop
owner Charlie, his son Patrick, Willie the brothel Madam, and Cokie the cab driver, Josie finishes high school and then works in the bookshop full-time
while cleaning the brothel to earn money to go to college as far away from New Orleans as possible. Sadly everything got turned upside down when her
mothers boyfriend, Cincinatti, comes back to town. From then on everything goes to crap. Charlie's health gets even worse, Josie's mother becomes involved
in a murder, and Josie has a hard time getting accepted into Smith University due to finances and not having enough extracurricular activities.
On top of all of this we have a slight love interests. There is Patrick who she has known she was little a grew up around, and there
is also Jesse the boy that all of the girls in town want. I'm not going to lie a lot of the time I don't care about the whole love interests in books, but
Sepetys always makes me like the ones she creates. I love how she makes the relationship slowly happen and it feels natural. I was so happy she ended up
with who she did.
While the ending was sad I was happy how it turned out, and how everyone was able to end up "happy" in the end. I would love to see more of what happens to Josie and how she gets on with things in her new life.
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anne
Written on Sep 7, 2014
Amber
Written on Jan 4, 2013
The main focus of this story is Josie, a prostitutes daughter, who has just finished school and is trying to save money to get into a good college. Josie was a fabulous main character. She was so different to her mother, and yet she had to deal with her heritage at every turn. It was heartbreaking that Josie couldn't get into the college of her dreams due to her lack of money and because of where she is from.
Full review here: http://www.booksofamber.com/2013/01/out-of-easy-by-ruta-sepetys.html