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Ready, Set, Oh

par Diane Josefowicz

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"Providence, Rhode Island, 1967. Tino Battuta and his best friend are fixing up a boat. Not just any boat but one that could take them to Canada, where they can't be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Tino has returned home from medical school in disgrace and without his draft deferment. Complicating matters is his sweetheart, Primrose Tirocchi, whose abusive home life and serious mental health challenges threaten her plans; she is writing The Book of Love with her best friend while dreaming about living in New York and showing her art in galleries. Soon Primrose is carrying Tino's baby. But marriage isn't part of Tino's scheme. Unsure herself, Primrose hooks up with Students for a Democratic Society and with Lupo Light, a budding astronomer with a deferment. In the end Primrose and Tino must choose: Should they do what's expected of them or follow their dreams?" --back cover… (plus d'informations)

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While I liked the description of the book I couldn't get into the read. I kept thinking we were missing depth when it came to the characters. I felt like I understood the parents rather than the college students because there seemed to be more depth on their feelings than for the younger generation. (

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Mooose | Jan 1, 2023 |

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Diane Josefowicz captured the period of the late 60s/early 70s well. This most visible in the character of Primrose, caught so young in a life of marriage and motherhood in a time being replaced by freedom and youthful energy. Tino, also faced with parenthood compounded by the ever-present nightmare of Vietnam, struggles with this new era unfolding as he tries to find where he fits in. I thought the parents were also well portrayed, their expectations for Tino and Primrose and one generation’s disgust and misunderstanding of a younger’s values and actions spot on for the time. I had a lesser connection with the whole Lupo Light/McKee/UFO inclusion confusing and rather silly to me. Given that I was in college during this period, I found Josefowicz’s novel interesting and well researched. (

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bayleaf | Oct 21, 2022 |

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Set in Providence RI, this is a novel about three young college students in the 1960’s trying to figure out who they are and who they want to be. The Vietnam war plays a part in their decision making.
The novel is well-written and the characters well drawn. But there were parts that didn’t seem relevant, such as philosophical discussions about UFO’s. I found the pace of the book really slowed down then.Having lived as a young adult in the sixties, I think the author does a good job of describing the era. I think anyone interested in the time period as experienced by young adults would enjoy this book. (

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Oregonreader | Oct 19, 2022 |

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The novel focuses on three young people in 1967 Rhode Island: Tino, an Italian-American medical school dropout who is worried about losing his draft deferment status, Primrose, his pregnant girlfriend with a history of mental illness, and Lupo, a PHD student who is tied to his UFO obsessed professor. I must say that I did not enjoy this book. The characters were all impossible for me to relate to, and the Vietnam War era (which I lived through) was unrecognizable and overshadowed by UFO gossip. The writing style wasn't bad, but the plot and characters just didn't hold my interest. (

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JGoto | Oct 3, 2022 |

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I received a free advanced readers copy of this book from Library Thing in exchange for an honest review.

I really wanted to like this book. College age kids trying to figure out who they are and where they are going during the multi-generational turmoil of the 60's and the Vietnam War? I really wanted to like this book.

Unfortunately, we spend more time reading about whether the most radical student movement in the 20th century is going to accept extraterrestrial beings as legitimate life forms than we do about Primrose's mental health or Tino's disastrous medical school experience.

The only bright side was the author's ability to set the book geographically. I enjoyed getting to know Providence. I only wish I got to know Tino, Primrose, and Lupo as well as I did where they lived. (

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"Providence, Rhode Island, 1967. Tino Battuta and his best friend are fixing up a boat. Not just any boat but one that could take them to Canada, where they can't be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Tino has returned home from medical school in disgrace and without his draft deferment. Complicating matters is his sweetheart, Primrose Tirocchi, whose abusive home life and serious mental health challenges threaten her plans; she is writing The Book of Love with her best friend while dreaming about living in New York and showing her art in galleries. Soon Primrose is carrying Tino's baby. But marriage isn't part of Tino's scheme. Unsure herself, Primrose hooks up with Students for a Democratic Society and with Lupo Light, a budding astronomer with a deferment. In the end Primrose and Tino must choose: Should they do what's expected of them or follow their dreams?" --back cover

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