Finding Laura Buggs

by Stanley Gordon West

Book Overview

1949 Saint Paul/Minneapolis - those memorable days of push lawn mowers, corner grocery stores, big-band music, burning leaves and filling stations that check the oil and wash the windshield. On this nostalgic canvas, Stanley West has set his riveting and heartwarming novel, the devastating story of young Sandy Meyer.

Bright and outgoing, having grown up through the Great Depression and the World War II year, she is suddenly give one perplexing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965624773
• ISBN13: 9780965624770
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Lexington-Marshall Publishing LLC
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Splendid Writer!

Wow! Stanley Gordon West is an amazing writer, who really knows how to capture an era; and with it, he introduces us to a character who is funny, smart, and really not so different at heart from many young girls today. The book was suspenseful, yet touching. It is truly a novel about searching for oneself, and finding what's important in life. While Laura's family isn't "normal," she manages to find her own type of family in rather unexpected places. It is inspiring! The ending was a bit "out there," but the book was a worthwhile read overall. I would reccomend it to anyone who likes mystery, suspense, historical, or coming of age novels, but I think the list could go on forever. If you ever get the chance to meet him, or read any of his other books, do so! He is a brilliant author, and a genuinely wonderful man. (And, he gave me a Nut Goodie!)

Amazing Book with a huge twist

This book was so well written that it did not hit me until half way through that a man was writing in first person of a teenage girl. The main character is fun loving and going through so much that you hope that everything turns out for her. A shocking twist that you don't want to tell anyone, but demand that they read for themselves.

excellent reading

this is a wonderfully deep and interesting book, that asks a lot of questions about what really matters in life. Laura's search is more about finding out who she really is than finding out who her real parents are. This self-searching renders the book a different read for everyone, as each individual reader fills in the gaps for themselves, in their own way. This is certainly a book I shall return to, and would encourage anybody with a penchant for soul-searching to make their next book.

Extraordinary

The story of an adopted girl seeking her real mother is only the beginning. Stanley Gordon West explores what it means to be adopted, and what families are about, in such vivid, tender, emotionally rich prose that this book simply glows.

Finding birth parents, finding yourself.

My father-in-law made me read it! And he was right; this is a great book! I couldn't wait for some free time to get back to the story. Adoption wasn't any less common in the 1940's then it is today, but finding your birth parents was nearly taboo. Follow Sandy's journey to find out who she really is, and enjoy the rollercoaster ride that will scare you page by page!"This is the deal: It doesn't matter who your parents were or how they treated you, we've each been given the gift of a life. And what really matters is what we choose to do with that gift."