Necking with Louise

I rarely complain about titles, since I am such a poor hand at composing them myself. Still, I feel the title of Rick Book's short story collection is misleading enough to warrant adverse comment. Granted, there is a story in the collection entitled "Necking with [Louise]," and it...

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Published in:Quill and quire 1999, Vol.65 (4), p.36
Main Authors: Book, Rick, Egoff, Sheila
Format: Review
Language:English
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Short stories
Young adults' literature
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Summary:I rarely complain about titles, since I am such a poor hand at composing them myself. Still, I feel the title of Rick Book's short story collection is misleading enough to warrant adverse comment. Granted, there is a story in the collection entitled "Necking with [Louise]," and it's commonplace in short story collections to choose one title to represent the collection. But there's only one incident concerning necking, although osculation would be a more accurate term for what happens. Young people, male or female, who get hold of the book for prurient reasons related to the title and cover, with its closeup photo of a kiss, are going to be mightily disappointed. The sub-title should be "Growing up in Saskatchewan" or perhaps-although it's hardly original-even "Hockey Night In Canada," since the account of a junior hockey game is one of the best pieces in the book.
ISSN:0033-6491