What do You think about Anastasia Has The Answers (1987)?
Quel plaisir de retrouver ce roman, dont la série a marqué mon adolescence.Anastasia et ses copines cherchent les réponses drôles aux problèmes qui concernent toutes les filles de leur age : comment gérer le divorce de leurs parents, impressionner une délégation en visite dans leur collège et apprendre à monter à cette maudite corde lisse.Dans la même veine que la reine du genre Judy Blume, Lois Lowry crée des personnages très attachants, tant les adultes qu'Anastasia et ses copines et aborde avec simplicité tous les sujets, y compris plus graves comme le deuil ou l'homosexualité...Ces livres mériteraient qu'on reparle d'eux !!
—Touloulou
Anastasia decidedly does not have the answers. Anastasia's Aunt Rose dies, which is dealt with rather insensitively and cavalierly by both the author and her characters, and Uncle George comes to stay with the Krupniks for a while. Anastasia wastes no time in trying to set him up with eligible females. Another subplot to the story is that most of the females Anastasia knows are man-less, something Anastasia sees as quite the travesty. For such a notably humanist author, this is a rather sexist worldview. The final thread of the story is that Anastasia is incapable of climbing a rope in gym class. This is prominent on the cover of every edition of this book, but largely a non-story. Anastasia can't climb a rope. She practices quite a lot, then learns to climb the rope. Obviously.Really, as much as I like the Anastasia books, I was not pleased with this one at all.
—Emily
** spoiler alert **Anastasia kaget melihat pakdhenya ternyata mirip pria idamannya, Clark Gable, yang menjadi aktor utama di film Gone with the Wind. Lengkap dengan quote favorit, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Wkwkwk. Langsung sibuk dia mau menjodohkan pakdhenya yang baru saja ditinggal meninggal istrinya. Korban pertama, tetangga kesayangannya, Miss Gertrude Stein. Ms Stein menolak karena tau diri. Yang kedua, mamahnya Daphne yang baru saja bercerai. Ternyata mamah Daphne bersikap dingin dan sombong :D.Ih suka, di buku ini akhirnya Lois Lowry kembali menghadirkan tokoh2 lalu yang pernah jadi 'peran utama', selain Anastasia tentunya. Gertrude Stein, dan Daphne. Sesungguhnya, aku menanti-nanti hadirnya mereka kembali wkwk.Catatan akhir bab di buku ini tentang laporan Anastasia, sang jurnalis.Setelah di buku-buku yang lalu diceritakan kalau cita-cita Anastasia sering tak kesampaian (balet, dan lain-lain), akhirnya di buku ini diceritakan bahwa Anastasia ulet berjuang dan berhasil mencapai cita-citanya: membuat bangga Miss Wilhelmina Willoughby dengan menaklukkan olahraga panjat tali.(Kindle#2Book#10)
—Sri
