I was reading about Sally Field on Wikipedia and clicking on various links. I eventually ended up on the Gidget TV series and to the link about the novel it was based on. I was surprised to find that Frederick Kohner based the short novel on his then 15 year old daughter back in 1956.
I had watched the Sandra Dee movie a while back and thought it was a piece of fluff and that Ms. Dee really needed to eat a few donuts if she was going to wear a form fitting swimsuit that emphasized her anorexic frame. I found the TV show online and tried to watch it but only made it about ten minutes in; very boring.
The book was as much about teenage lust as about surfing. It was somewhat profane and contained some potentially offensive slang. But I could not imagine writing anything like that about my own daughter. :)
I've heard Gidget called "Catcher in the Rye for teen-aged girls". I think this means I need to read Salinger's novel.
Ranb
I had watched the Sandra Dee movie a while back and thought it was a piece of fluff and that Ms. Dee really needed to eat a few donuts if she was going to wear a form fitting swimsuit that emphasized her anorexic frame. I found the TV show online and tried to watch it but only made it about ten minutes in; very boring.
The book was as much about teenage lust as about surfing. It was somewhat profane and contained some potentially offensive slang. But I could not imagine writing anything like that about my own daughter. :)
I've heard Gidget called "Catcher in the Rye for teen-aged girls". I think this means I need to read Salinger's novel.
Ranb
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