{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Set in a small Ohio town in the 1960s, these 17 interconnected stories are coming-of-age anecdotes from the young life of Loretta Dardio. In her preteen years Loretta has a sense of humor, compassion for the underdog, and a critical eye for the boredom of her parents' lives. As a rebellious teenager she moves from her adolescent fantasies of romance into a serious love affair with Luther Biggs, a black boy from the wrong side of town. There is no nostalgia for the 1960s here, only lingering feelings of unfulfilled dreams and unhappy relationships. Lauber makes a promising debut, managing the subject of interracial dating with a sympathetic touch."}, "title": "White girls", "covers": [748585], "subject_places": ["Ohio"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Race relations", "Social life and customs", "Teenage girls", "Ohio, fiction", "Fiction, general", "Fiction, short stories (single author)", "New York Times reviewed"], "key": "/works/OL4125730W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL774713A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "links": [{"url": "http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/28/books/dumped-for-the-homecoming-queen.html", "title": "New York Times review", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "latest_revision": 12, "revision": 12, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T05:24:42.509530"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2021-08-06T18:56:52.018481"}}