5/12/2023 0 Comments Goggle eyes by anne fineIt is a charming, sometimes hilarious story with well developed characters and some political content as well. It is about the gradual maturity of the main character learning to live with and reluctantly like a man who is the exact opposite of her, temperamentally, politically and in many other ways and realising that such a situation can work. The novel is a funny subtle exploration of the pain of adjusting to divorce and then having the new balance of mother and children upset with a new and possibly permanent man in the family. Kitty then realises why she was chosen and then proceeds to tell her story of " Goggle Eyes". It transpires that the other girl Helly, has a divorced mother with a new man in her life that she hates. Its from there that the scene is set for Kitty to tell her story to her upset classmate. The main protagonist Kitty is sent after her and not knowing why she is chosen she reluctant follows the other girl to the locker room. She is uncharacteristically rude to her teacher and then emotionally runs out of her classroom. A girl charges into a classroom tears streaming down her face.
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