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Shine, Shine, Shine

by Lydia Netzer
9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781427221391. $39.99; Playaway digital; digital download. F
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Netzer's quirky debut novel mines contemporary relationships with a fresh voice. Sunny is congenitally hairless and is as adrift as her astronaut husband, Maxon, is in his quest to colonize the moon using robots. Sunny has expended tremendous energy to make her family "normal," but what constitutes normal for the bald Sunny, her odd genius husband, her dying mother, and her autistic son, Bubber. Her beautiful house, medication, wigs galore, and a healthy dose of denial all help her in this quest until she loses her wig, and everyone discovers her secret. Using subtle humor and complex characters, Netzer asks what is love and what does it require of us? Narrator Joshilyn Jackson captures beautifully the detached voice of heroine Sunny.
VERDICT Alert all your Jonathan Franzen fans; they will love this title. ["Netzer has beautifully crafted an original story with a cast of characters who make up an unconventional but strangely believable family," read the review of the St. Martin's hc, LJ Xpress Reviews, 7/6/12.—Ed.]
Reviewed by Judy Murray, Monroe Cty. Lib. Syst., MI , Nov 15, 2012
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