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(More customer reviews)Great characters, a foreign setting, lots of bratty mean girls, a prissy schoolmarm, and a hot guy to die for. The prescription for a page turner. Jeania Kimbrough's VAN DIEMEN AT 17 has it all, but never slips into genre cliches.
When an over-achieving American high school student decides to complete her senior year as a foreign exchange student in Tasmania, she encounters unanticipated expectations that bring her face to face with her biggest fear: failure. Throw in a sophisticated medical student from a prominent Tasmanian family and you have the recipe for a disastrous romance and unpredictable consequences that reverberate through the exchange program community.
I loved this book. It is told simply, with deep attention to the emotional complexity of even the secondary characters, but especially the star-crossed protagonists, who are lovingly crafted. As the story pulled me in I also gained insight into a culture that, like most Americans, completely intrigues me -- how similar the English speaking residents are, and yet how vastly different.
It was my pleasure to have Jeania Kimbrough as a student for several years, and she has made me very proud with this lovely story that goes beyond its coming of age roots to explore the impact change has on human beings and their relationships. I recommend Van Diemen at 17 to anyone interested in reading about triumphs of the human spirit.
-Connie Flynn
Published Novelist/Creative Writing Instructor
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