Penguin Random House Gidget (Frederick Kohner, Englisch), Sonstige Literatur

A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired both movies and television and created an American pop culture icon. &ldquo My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to&mdash quote&mdash 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&rsquo 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.)&rdquo This is Franzie, part Holden Caulfield, part Lolita. The guys call her Gidget&mdash short for girl midget. Based on the experiences of his own daughter, Frederick Kohner&rsquo 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).