Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything: The Jealousy Book

by Marissa Walsh (Editor)

Overview

We’ve all been there. We’ve all felt that pang. It’s hard to stop the “green-eyed monster” once it rears its ugly head. We asked 13 writers to share their visions of jealousy and this collection of short stories, essays, and one poem was their response.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307433596
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	12/18/2007
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	291 KB
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Marissa Walsh is the author of Girl with Glasses: My Optic History; the coauthor of the Boston Globe bestseller Tipsy in Madras: A Complete Guide to 80s Preppy Drinking; and the editor of Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything: The Jealousy Book.

Editorial Reviews

This literary collection touts jealousy as its theme, a subject with which many self-exploring teens can identify as they size up their worlds in comparison to their that of their peers-and invariably find something to covet. Many of the characters in the pieces contained here-such as Jaclyn Moriarty's and E. Lockhart's-do just that, although many conclude that they have something of their own to be thankful for in the end. Back-to-back essays by Ned Vizzini and Marty Beckerman humorously shed light on the fact that heroes have insecurities, too, and Dyan Sheldon explores the dangers of a jealous boyfriend. As the title for one contribution states, "We're all green about something." As if to illustrate this point, the editor unabashedly admits to an almost-constant state of envy, and an extra section at the end of the collection contains lists of songs, movies and other things that deal with this emotion. The editor may have done well to glorify the "green-eyed monster" a little less, but the pieces are well-written and entertaining, and the collection is cohesively crafted. (Anthology. YA)

Kirkus Reviews