Every Big & Little Wish by E.C. Moore.
Audience/Genre: Romance, Young Adult.
Publication: October 20th 2015 by Booktrope Publishing.
E.C. Moore’s young adult novel, Every Big and Little Wish, opens in late spring 1970. Sixteen-year-old Jacy Wilbert’s Mom got promoted, so her parents sold their Victorian home in California and moved to a townhouse in Oregon.
Torn away from the only home she’s ever known, forced to leave her beloved German shepherd behind, Jacy feels misplaced. Exacerbating an already terrible situation, her dad runs off with the bombshell real estate agent who sold them their townhouse. And, just when it seems things can’t get any worse, her mom loses the stupid job they left California for in the first place and begins to drown her sorrows with pink wine, night after night. Jacy’s caught in the middle, struggling to maintain a relationship with her AWOL dad while tolerating his annoying, much-younger girlfriend.
Missing old friends back in California, and feeling like an outsider, Jacy needs to build a new social life in a new school. Not the sort of girl to wait around for what she wants to come her way, she sets her sights on Neil Wilder, the best-looking boy around.
Everything changes when Jacy Wilbert knocks on the wrong door.
Tom Jones is one of Jacy’s mom’s favorite performers. One thing they can agree on is how well he sings I’ll Never Fall in Love Again http://bit.ly/1UhlDpF
Jacy and her mom are surprised when Janis Joplin performs with Tom Jones on his television show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXlP7PyaHdA
One of Jacy’s all-time favorite songs, Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iol0B-clFFM
Jacy and her friends think maybe Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkle is kind of corny, but it’s a huge hit anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJr10bgBTQ
Read about Jacy’s favorite album of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road
Jacy and Cay have fun dancing around the living room while listening to Credence Clearwater Revival’s Born on the Bayou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVhKjsImeI
If Jacy could listen to some of today’s music she would choose Lana Del Ray’s Dark Paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmWUUPl8DD4
And I’m sure Jacy would love Coldplay’s Trouble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHg-PhseKOQ
Original version of Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn6a0AFfnM
I like this version of Both Sides Now from Love Actually even better, so I thought I’d include it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coNo-CrAb4g
Jacy’s 45 copies of these two records were prized possessions: Lulu’s To Sir with Love and Janis Ian’s Society’s Child. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTapoA5RQyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbVFy7nx88Q
I’m sure Casper would relate to Jack White’s Love Interruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErNRBTPbEc
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When Elizabeth’s not writing feverishly, you will find her out walking or sightseeing. She’s crazy about coffee, books, cooking, good wine, cairn terriers, miniature ponies, historical houses, tapas, and witty people.
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ReplyDeleteEvery big and little wish sounds like a good read ♡ Thank you
ReplyDeleteThe title sparked my curiosity and after reading that little bit, it sounds like a good read! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love YA and I was around for all of the 1970s so this sounds like a treat (although I'm quite a bit younger than Jacy). Thanks!
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