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1 review
Brendan Halpin

Amazon.com, 2005

I enjoyed the flow of this Short...
...and how author Halpin was able to dig down into a 13-year old's psyche and make it palpably convincing to an adult readership; at least enough to keep us actively engaged in the fiction. Now I see what's meant in the summary when reading "...young adult fiction meant for adult audiences." Makes more sense now, although I was somewhat perplexed before completing the story. I know there isn't ...

I Can See Clearly Now: A Novel
Brendan Halpin

Villard, 2009

Long Way Back: A Novel

4 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Villard, 2008

fictional reality=perfection
I have read most of Mr Halpin's books and find they all have that same haunting realism that you know is not fiction. This is an author who writes from the heart not only his own but through experiences that have touched all of us in our own lives one way or another. This is a book you want to put down while reading to savor it but you can't put down because you need to be "in" it to the end. ...

Forever Changes
Brendan Halpin

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2008

5:30 a.m., Brianna Pelletier gets ready for her daily pounding. As she lies on the couch, her dad beats her chest, then her back, coaxing the mucus out of her lungs. The pounding doesn?t take care of everything. Brianna?s held out for a long time, but a body with cystic fibrosis doesn?t last forever. It doesn?t matter that Brianna has a brilliant mathematical mind or that she?s a shoo-in for MIT. Or even that her two best friends are beautiful, ...

Dear Catastrophe Waitress: A Novel

5 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Villard, 2007

You oughtta know about this book
What would happen if the girl who inspired the UK punk rant "Jilted John" crossed paths with the guy who Alanis Morissette's "You Oughtta Know" was directed at? That seems to be the premise at the core of Brendan Halpin's delightful novel. There aren't a lot of unpredictable surprises to be found in the trajectory which brings Halpin's characters to their inevitable meeting, but that doesn't ...

It Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir

34 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003

Incredible book!
This is the most amazing book I've ever read. Mr. Halpin writes with amazing honesty about his experience, without whitewash or apology. The book bounces back and forth between hilarious episodes that are all the more funny because often the people around them don't get it, to the laid-bare terror of dealing with cancer in someone you love and can't imagine living without. I can't stand ...

Donorboy: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))

14 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Villard, 2004

A totally Delightful Book
It had me cracking up. It's a perfect mixture of tragic and funny. I even like the fake that it's told through emails and AIMs messages. So it's heartwarming, big deal? And who cares if you know how it ends? It's still a unique, well written enjoyable story that will have you laughing in bits and crying in others.

How Ya Like Me Now

2 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

Engaging YA fiction
I field tested this book with my 8th grade students, and they give it a nod, which is generous praise indeed. As an educator, I'm gratified to see depiction of boys, urban students, and students of color that are honest and complementary, rather than simplistic steriotypes. The story themes are standards in YA - growing up, conflicted feelings of wanting to be parented and wanting ...

Losing My Faculties: A Teacher's Story

19 reviews
Brendan Halpin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

Excellent Education
Books about urban education tend to be self serving, dishonest, terribly sad, and/or boring. This autobiographical account of a teacher in the schools of urban and suburban Boston is none of those things. It honestly provides readers with a first-person account of how tough it is and how glorious it can be to teach kids -- even kids who often don't want to learn. This is no sugar-coated, ...

Schönes Leben noch.
Brendan Halpin

Schneekluth, 2002

Two of Us
Brendan Halpin

Headline Review, 2005

All about Dad
Brendan Halpin

Luebbe Verlagsgruppe, 2006

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