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Jean Heilprin Diehl

Auteur de Tiny Infinities

5 oeuvres 117 utilisateurs 17 critiques

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Comprend les noms: J.H. Diehl, J.H. Diehl

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Œuvres de Jean Heilprin Diehl

Tiny Infinities (2018) 76 exemplaires
Loon Chase (2006) 29 exemplaires
Three Little Beavers (2012) 10 exemplaires

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Lieu de naissance
Washington, DC, USA
Lieux de résidence
Connecticut, USA
New Hampshire, USA
Iowa, USA
London, UK
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Warsaw, Poland (tout afficher 8)
Jerusalem, Israel
Maryland, USA
Études
University of Iowa (MFA)
Yale University (BA)
Organisations
The Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC
SCBWI
Prix et distinctions
Michener-Copernicus Fellowship
Maryland Individual Artist Award
SCBWI WIP Grant for a Contemporary Novel - Finalist
Agent
Steven Chudney
Courte biographie
J.H. Diehl writes for readers of all ages. TINY INFINITIES, her debut middle grade novel, is a Junior Library Guild Selection for Spring 2018. Her other work includes the picture books LOON CHASE and THREE LITTLE BEAVERS, leveled readers for educational publishers, and short fiction in journals and anthologies. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has taught at the University of Iowa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Montgomery College and in high schools and elementary schools. Her work received a Maryland Individual Artist Award and a Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. An early version of TINY INFINITIES was a finalist for an SCBWI Grant for a Contemporary Novel.

Jean Heilprin Diehl was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the nearby Maryland suburbs, the setting for some of her fiction. She started her career as a reporter for the Concord Monitor, and later spent a memorable decade living and working in Buenos Aires, Warsaw and Jerusalem with her journalist husband. They have two children and currently live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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Critiques

Not selected for BF 18 -
I did enjoy this book but was not totally captivated by it.
The main character is "dealing" with her parents seperation, her moms depression & illness, as well as trying to accomplish a record time at her summer swim meets. She is also babysitting for a neighbors autistic daughter & she sees something the parents havent.
 
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Rachael_SJSU | 13 autres critiques | Jul 11, 2020 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
https://audrasbookblabbing.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/tiny-infinities-book-review/

Topics to consider: divorce, family troubles, mental illness, drugs, and brain disorders.

Tiny Infinities is a heart-wrenching book that tells the story of a young girl trying to put a broken life together. At first, the book seemed fairly average to me, but the characters and the story line developed more and more until it became a deep, thought-provoking read! Diehl's book doesn't feel like a fiction tale - every bit of it feels so real and raw.

The character development was very fun to read. There were some characters I adored and others I loved to hate. Yet, the author made me take pity on every single character at some point. No one was the "bad guy." No one was the "good guy." They were all simply people trying to make it in a tough situation. Although I felt sad and frustrated at times, by the end, I could feel the hope that radiated from the characters.

If you're looking for a perfect fairy-tale ending with happiness abounding, this is not the book for you. But, if you're looking for something that feels real and emotional, this book is a perfect fit. It's a reminder that life doesn't always turn out the way we wish it to, but that's okay.

~I was sent a free copy of this book for an honest review~
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AudrasBookBlabbing | 13 autres critiques | May 8, 2020 |
I thought this was... fine? A segment of my students has an endless appetite for the [b:Rain Reign|20575434|Rain Reign|Ann M. Martin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1396393170s/20575434.jpg|39843440]/[b:Counting by 7s|15937108|Counting by 7s|Holly Goldberg Sloan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1396225872s/15937108.jpg|19034797]/[b:Out of My Mind|6609765|Out of My Mind|Sharon M. Draper|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347602096s/6609765.jpg|6803732] genre, so I hoped this would meet the same need. My sense is that it just doesn't move fast enough, despite there being a lot going on: Alice's relationship with her dad, Alice's mom's mental illness, Alice's new friendships, swimming, baby-sitting for Piper, whatever's going on in her parents' relationship... I felt overwhelmed by all the plot and issues, and still kind of bored by the pace.

I also felt that everything resolved too easily, and in some unsatisfying ways. It's all well and good that Alice's mom got a job offer, but she's going to get fired in like a week if she has the same attitude at work that she does at home. She needs to be in therapy, and I'm frustrated that the book doesn't acknowledge that. Also, most of the book seems to foreshadow some darkness in Piper's dad, so much so that I expected it would turn out that she's mute because he abuses her. But then it turns out Piper has a rare but treatable disease that means she's going to be fine, and now her dad is cool with everything? The tone of his character did not work for me. Not to mention that it seems dishonest to ditch all of the work the book did to acknowledge the challenges of raising a kid with significant disabilities -- her diagnosis means she'll start to talk again, problem solved!

I'm going to try this with my 6th and 7th grade stronger readers who like the aforementioned titles and see what they think, but I'm not optimistic. (Side note: the cover is way too dark and low-contrast. You can barely read the title, and neither the title nor the design give any information about the content. This one's going to be hard to sell because of that alone.)
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SamMusher | 13 autres critiques | Sep 7, 2019 |
Angry that her father has left, twelve-year-old Alice swears that she will live in her family's old Renaissance tent until he agrees to return; but after she meets her mute four-year-old neighbor Piper she finds herself becoming involved in the child's life--and when she hears the little girl speak a word for the first time in years she sets out to prove to Piper's parents that the dismal diagnosis they received for their daughter may be all wrong.
 
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dneirick | 13 autres critiques | May 8, 2019 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
5
Membres
117
Popularité
#168,597
Évaluation
4.1
Critiques
17
ISBN
20
Langues
1

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