Any Publishers Weekly subscribers?

[rachelmanija]

Can anyone who subscribes to Publishers Weekly and can access the online edition cut-and-paste and email me the review of my book, or paste it here, or email me your log-on info if you really trust me? Supposedly they reviewed my book this week, but I'm not a subscriber and I can't leave the house yet.

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Gah. I mean, thank you so much-- the suspense was killing me!

Now let me annotate this:

1. My parents did not call me "Mani Mao." That was the nasty nickname the local kids stuck me with. I don't think the reviewer was reading very carefully, because that is not a subtle point.

2. The school was extremely abusive to all the kids, not just me as a foreigner. Again, not a subtle or easily-missed point.

3. There is exactly one chapter devoted to Baba, to fill in readers on who he was given that I never met him.

Oh, well, at least it's generally positive.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

For PW, that's astonishing accuracy. /bitter

My prediction for the blurb from that review they'll use in publicity: "A poignant memoir that reflects a painful time with wit and insight."

[(Anonymous)]

What mistressrenet said. It's a miracle when reviewers get basic plot points right. The main thing is that they give you a decent pull quote and this review surely does that.

Justine

[kate_nepveu]

I strikes me as an extremely positive review. Congratulations!

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's a positive review...not that I'm surprised. But yeah, hello...accuracy, anyone?

And the book cover rocks, too.