Allreaders.com

Message Board

Jean Harfenist Message Board
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Harfenist has written!

Author Harfenist's Book Reviews

A Brief History of the Flood
Lil Anderson is young, gutsy, brave, naive, quirky, fast-talking, quick-witted, and totally affecting. She is also the memorable debut creation of California writer Jean Harfenist. Presented as a series of short stories, which segue easily from one to another very much like chapters, "A Brief History of the Flood" traces the life of Lil from 1950 through 1979, between the ages of eight and 18. She shares a usually flooded, much in ne...