This book written by Dyan Sheldon. First impression the book is quite easy to read, another fun chick (teen) lit light reading easy to enjoy. But after I read it a few pages somehow I realize that this book has a quite meaningful heavy story in it.
The book telling about a young girl named Lana Spiggs who wants to be treated like an adult. She is sick and tired, with her mother acting as the ruler of her world, and she wants to be a grown up herself and get married to a perfect husband then have children and makes a perfect family. But Lana was only 15 years old.
Lana meets Les, a guy who seems to her as a perfect guy to be her husband. A twenty years old guy who Lana thinks can end up her misery. Then soon enough they get together and Lana find her self to be pregnant.
Lana was overwhelming with this reality and she thinks that her dream is finally comes true, she keeps her baby (although her mother and her friends keep reminding her that having a baby is a big things with heavy responsibilities for a child (in the age of 15) to bear). Lana give birth and she named her baby Shinola which she thinks have a beautiful meaning in African language (later on she found out that it is a name of shoe polish, and her friends make fun of it). Then all the problem soon comes in. Les never seems to be around when she needs him, she doesn't have money to buy Christmas present, and Les mother seems never know anything about Lana and her grandchild Shinola.Lana finally finds out that adulthood is not an easy thing as she dreams about.
This book was a great chick (teen) lit generation which has a meaningful story in it. It teaches us to enjoy every step of our live. Because every step in our life has a big meaning for the next step, so if you still in the childhood or now going to teenagers live or even now you’re living as an adult, just try to enjoy every step of it. There is no need to fast forward it. Take it easy and enjoy so you won’t regret what you have done in the pass as Lana did.
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