Lovely new review for GEE from Mark (of Amy and Mark):
"Is the hand on the cover of “GEE,” Bruce Kimmel’s 18th book, beckoning you into the past, or welcoming you into the future? Turns out it’s both, and the personal journeys that collide within are both entertaining and enchanting, melancholy and magical, sad and sumptuous.
Kimmel’s past novels—whether it’s the charming nostalgia of the semi-autobiographical “Kritzerland” trilogy or the clever time-travel epic “Thrill Ride”—are love letters to the past, and in “GEE” the titular character comes of age in the days when Chaplin and Pickford ruled the box office. But this headstrong, willful and peculiar girl doesn’t spend the book lingering in silents, she is thrust into the era of talkies and far beyond, coping as best she can with the changing decades and hanging onto to memories of what could have been, what should have been — and using those memories to comfort her as she comes to grips with the reality of what is.
When the book charges forward into the 21st century, a new character is introduced, one who is as headstrong, willful and peculiar as the person who came before. She, too, is navigating life, searching for her niche, coping as best she can. One day her future becomes illuminated by the past, as if a hand had reached back through time to guide her. Fate, odds, second chances ... all begin to steer her toward happiness, not regret. She had found her way — at last.
You owe it to yourself to find your way to “GEE.” It’s an emotional trip through the decades that will live on in your heart."
