The Party Line edition by Lora Lindy Literature Fiction eBooks
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Imagine your mind floating back in time and reading about Oklahoma during the summer of 1971—the care free days. Well… almost carefree. Ten-year-old Gerty prevents that from happening. Every summer, Gerty spends one week with her granny. Seems normal… right? It turns out not so normal when the precocious little girl does a naughty thing. Unlike past summers, something different happens in 1971. Gerty's Aunt Bessie gets a telephone party line. Quickly, Gerty learns that she can listen to the neighbor's conversations. But it doesn't stop there. She repeats what she hears to total strangers—better known as gossiping. You will have to read what happens with that.
The Party Line is a light hearted novel that will make you laugh and gasp. It is for all ages. If you're older, I forewarn you that you will remember some wonderful times.
The Party Line edition by Lora Lindy Literature Fiction eBooks
What a blast from the past! I grew up with a party line in the late seventies and this story took me back in full detail to my childhood! Lora Lindy writes like she is having a cup of tea with you, chatting and sharing stories, gossiping and catching up. So much of this book was a reminder for me, the detail woven into the tale was so vivid I lost myself completely. Really the book is a collection of short stories, the neighbors (on the party line) Gerty and her ten year old dreams of becoming a model and her love of music, and Grandma and her stories of growing up. I think those were my favorite, I loved hearing about Grandma's adventures and touching recollections.Ms. Lindy does a skillful job of painting each new character for the reader to see but not drowning you in detail. The structure is unique and keeps the flow interesting but she ties everything up and kept me involved to the very end.
I think what I appreciated most about Party Line was the true to the era detail mixed in. From manner of speech, to the politics and prices of the day, I had an instant refresher on my very early years pop culture!
Nicely done.
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The Party Line edition by Lora Lindy Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
There was so much possibility to this story. The book is divided into chapters with mini-stories inside those chapters. At the 50% point of the book I deleted it from my kindle. I later reloaded it and finished the story.
We begin the book (set in 1971) with a short intro about what a party line was, along with some info on the families sharing this particular party line. Then we meet Gerty who is 10 years old, with her birthday coming up. As we start the story, Gerty is still upstairs packing for a week stay with Granny. The rest of the family are ready and waiting for her to get into the car so they can start the three hour drive to Granny's house in Spiro, Oklahoma. From her attitude of not being rushed while she sorts through clothing to pack, we gather that Gerty is a bit of a mess... which can be a good thing.
Other than listening to private phone conversations and then later spilling the beans from those conversations, from the moment Gerty arrives at Granny's house she slips on a halo and acts like a perfect angel for the entire visit. Opportunities to make Gerty act like the Gerty we see at the beginning of the book, like when Gerty makes coffee without any supervision or takes a bubble bath, are overlooked.
The book spends a lot of time with Granny telling stories, which Gerty has begged her to tell. This is where the story bogs down for me and I lost interest and deleted it.
The minute Gerty arrives back home her attitude is back and she seems to morph back into the character that she was in the beginning of the book. In the end Gerty does learn a lesson in not listening in on other people's private conversations.
edit to the Author. Gerty reminds me of an older version of Ramona in Beverly Cleary books. There is something about her that has stayed with me since reading the story. She would make a great character to use in stories for children. Keep working with her. Sorry I was harsh in my original review. I saw so much potential in Gerty and I was disappointed and overly harsh.
The author is a natural story teller. Great book for a teenager as it gives a lot of history about things you forgot about -- such as the pitfalls of phones having a party line. The story has a moral message without being preachy. A great uplifting fun read for any teenage girl. When I started reading I found that I could not stop.
I just loved this story, and I'm 73 not a teenager!
I found it a great read and educational. (I kept 'googling' things and am going to try bread & butter pickles!) Well written, easy to read and the epilogue greatly appreciated. Well done, look for more from this author.
What a lovely book! I really liked the relationship between Gerty and her family, especially her grandmother. The party line allowed many different stories to be woven into this one. Gerty learns her lesson but more importantly, learns about love and forgiveness. It reminded me of the time when I was very small and we had a three party line. Sometimes we'd 'accidentally' hear someone else's call.
Reading this book is rather like listening in on a party line, which is what 10 year old Gertie does one summer while visiting her grandmother. There are ample little "stories" about various and sundry people, small scenarios like dining in a diner, and not a whole lot of angst or conflict. It's a quiet, funny read. I was reminded of Mayberry most of the time. The finest part of the book is the epilogue which closes out the various things that Gertie inadvertently put into motion by her eavesdropping and subsequent lying. Nice wrap up that leaves the reader feeling satisfied. There were a few errors of grammar, spelling and syntax, but nothing too distracting. About the only thing that bothered me was that the 1971 Gertie lived through was a far cry from the 1971 that I experienced. Perhaps the difference between urban and rural? The book might have rung more true had it been set back in the early 60's. Still worth the read if you'd like to relax a bit.
A delightful story for any age.
Gerty remembers that four short rings on the party line is for her great uncle and aunt, Bill and Bessie and all the other ring sequences belong to other families. She was forewarned not to listen in on other people's conversations but she merely wants to see how this party line thing works. She overhears juicy information which has her wanting to get back to Aunt Bessie's to find out what happens next. Becoming quickly hooked she finds excuses to get to her aunt's regularly. What she does with the information she overhears will have you shaking your head especially when she gets some of it wrong in its telling.
This story will take you back to an earlier time when shag hairstyles were popular along with eight-track players, juke boxes, The Jackson Five, and The Osmonds among other things.
I was a bit disappointed when the author took this story in a different direction than what I had anticipated but oh well, it was still good.
*According to Wikipedia, pedal pushers are calf-length trousers popular in the 50's.
What a blast from the past! I grew up with a party line in the late seventies and this story took me back in full detail to my childhood! Lora Lindy writes like she is having a cup of tea with you, chatting and sharing stories, gossiping and catching up. So much of this book was a reminder for me, the detail woven into the tale was so vivid I lost myself completely. Really the book is a collection of short stories, the neighbors (on the party line) Gerty and her ten year old dreams of becoming a model and her love of music, and Grandma and her stories of growing up. I think those were my favorite, I loved hearing about Grandma's adventures and touching recollections.
Ms. Lindy does a skillful job of painting each new character for the reader to see but not drowning you in detail. The structure is unique and keeps the flow interesting but she ties everything up and kept me involved to the very end.
I think what I appreciated most about Party Line was the true to the era detail mixed in. From manner of speech, to the politics and prices of the day, I had an instant refresher on my very early years pop culture!
Nicely done.
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