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About the Book

When a new TV set arrives in the Palmer household in Newport News, Virginia, in 1954, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie discovers that she--and only she -- can see glimpses of the future within the hypnotic test pattern: snippets from President Kennedy's assassination, the landing on the moon, the O.J. Simpson trial. Meanwhile, her family goes haywire. Her mother decides to pursue her dream of becoming a famous tap dancer, while her shipyard-worker father plunges into depression. Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of that time, this magical tale offers a witty reflection on the troubled path to fame, a child's awakening to the world, and the tangled web of the family.

About the Author :
Raised in Newport News, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Marjorie Klein is a freelance writer whose subjects have ranged from Harley-Davidson to the Holocaust Museum, drugs to malls, Lubavitch Jews to retired circus freaks. She has taught creative writing at Florida International University and lives with her husband, Don, in Coconut Grove, Florida.

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"Marjorie Klein has written a book that is energetic, imaginative and laugh out loud funny. Test Pattern has all the charm of your favorite "I Love Lucy re-run mixed with all the supernatural strangeness of an "X-Files episode. An odd combo that makes for a clever and memorable first novel." -- John Searles, "Cosmopolitan"This surreal mid-century tale of a mom who feels like "Lucy gone bad" and the family left in her wake (she manages to get on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts) entertains as surely as a parallel-universe of "Ozzie and Harriet."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"Klein's book is more magical realism than science fiction. She expertly conjures the bittersweet story of a blue-collar family in distress, of lost dreams and a young girl's coming of age. Test Pattern is a marvelous, clever, and funny and sad novel."--"Booklist (starred review)"Zingy and fun, the novel's first half feels so familiar, like "Nick at Night reruns...In the book's second half, [Klein] breaks through the screen with a highly original conclusion. Humor turns to near tragedy. An undercurrent of disappointment and pain gives depth to the characters, and they surprise us.Klein creates a complex connection between cultural history and individual experience. Ultimately, Test Pattern poses serious questions about how television gives people both thestrength to persist and the power to change."--"Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel."..smart...inventive..."--"Publishers Weekly"[brings] new meaning to the phrase 'must-see TV."--"Glamour."..a fable worthy of "THE TWILIGHT ZONE..."--"People"Many novels reflect the pernicious influence of television on American society, but few openly acknowledge it. Marjorie Klein's affecting debut, TEST PATTERN goes a step farther, using television's harmful effects as her theme...Klein's more serious achievement, though, is in eliciting true pathos from [the] doomed parents and their ingenuously spiritual daughter, all of whom are painfully betrayed by the teasing promises of television fantasies."--"Baltimore Sun"At times, Test Pattern is a light and nostalgic reminder of an earlier era, like a sweet and silly episode of "I Love Lucy. You'll nod and chuckle in recognition...Test Pattern proves Klein's promise as a novelist and showcases her considerable talent...Her descriptions are deliciously detailed; her dialogue is energetic and credible."--"Chicago Tribune


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780060959531
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Collins
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 135 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0060959533
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 218 gr


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