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Googling, I found several reviews of Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodata that compared the main character to Holden Caulfield. Could that be it?
I think the author was female. Thanks for looking though! There was also purple mixed in with the tan/off white color on the cover
The picture on the front was a realistic faded picture I think of a women from behind
I'll take a shot at this:
http://ow.ly/firA30fZlXV
How the Light Gets In by M J Hyland?
Thanks guys! Looking at them and what I remember here’s what I think which books aren’t the book I’m looking for from narrowing it down:
1. Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodata 2. Miseducation of Cameron Post 3. How the light gets in by mj hyland 4. Wild meat and the bully burgers 5. True believers by Kurt Anderson 6. Molly by Nancy j Jones 7. Fleur de Leigh in exile 8. Plain Jane by eve Horowitz 9. Celine by Brock cole 10. Bell jar by Sylvia Plath 11. Anthropology of an American girl 12. Diary of a teenage girl by Phoebe Gloeckner 13. At home in the world by Joyce Maynard 14. Tribes of palos Verdes 15. Secret life of bees 16. Mark Twain’s huckleberry finn 17. Anything by John Green 18. Anything by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons?
^ thanks I checked but no it’s not, I think I remember the front as having a purple font saying “the next female Holden Caulfield, or “like a female Holden Caulfield from Salinger himself”
With respect, http://ow.ly/mTsR30gFdN4 - this book references Holden Caufield right on the cover, and it's in purple font. You sure this isn't it?
Sorry to butt in, but I also feel it's worth noting that books occasionally have their covers redesigned. Maybe you could try the ones that seemed close in description, but didn't look the same as you remember, and see if you can read a short preview on amazon (though I know that's not available for every book, unfortunately) and see if it sounds familiar? I hope you find it!
Thanks guys ðŸ™
(2/2) On the cover there was a distance picture of the female mc from behind I believe, the title had a lady's name in it I think that name begins with G,B,J,or E (it's not the Bell Jar), the color was tan off white for the outside of the book with Violet purple for the text on the back that possibly described her as being more cheerful or morose than Holden Caulfield only she was older. My library had it for sale but when I went recently it wasn't there. It's one of those books I'm not sure it was a memoir and I would instantly know if it was the book I'm looking for as soon as I see it. When I looked at the front it gave me a Catcher in the rye/Scott Fitzgerald feel kind of. The time frame it might've taken place is 1920-1970. Well a reviewer compared the main female character as Salinger's Holden and there might've been mention of jazz and drums on the back for something, either to describe a character and her likes, or the time period.
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