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I am persuaded that at labor and birth the cake has already been baked. Nurture is the nut products or frosting, but if you're a spice wedding cake, you're a spice wedding cake, and there is nothing going to improve you into an angel food. High, slim Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, that could equally well define her mind-set. Deserted by her mother as a kid, mistreated by her dad, and teased by her schoolmates ("Hey, Olive Oyl, where's Popeye?"), the depressed girl locates solace in artistic pursuits. Only when she's chosen by the town's sole feminist to work the night shift in the local thread factory does Violet come into her name, and bloom. Accepted by her co-workers, the teen enters the happiest phase of her life, until a terrible accident causes her to retreat once again into her depressed shell. Knowing that she's only 1 clear choice, Violet planks a bus heading west to California. But when the bus accidents in North Dakota, it seems that Fate is having another cruel laugh at Violet's charge. This time around though, Violet laughs back. She and her fellow passengers are rescued by two men: Austin Sykes, whom Violet is certain is the blackest man to ever before set ft . on the North Dakota prairie, and Kjel Hedstrom, who inspires feelings Violet never before has felt. Kjel and Austin are musicians whose sound is similar to no other, and with pluck, verve, and wit, Violet becomes part of these quest to produce a new kind of music together. Oh My Stars is Lorna Landvik's most ambitious novel yet, with a cast of characters whose travails and triumphs you'll long keep in mind. It is an account of love and desire, bigotry and betrayal, reduction and discovery - as Violet, who's always considered herself a persona in her own life history, emerges as a heroine you'll laugh with, cry with, and, most significant, cheer for all the way.
