{"id":47250,"date":"2020-09-04T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47250"},"modified":"2020-08-30T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T20:50:44","slug":"big-summer-by-jennifer-weiner-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/big-summer-by-jennifer-weiner-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47263\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Big-Summer-Jennifer-Weiner-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Big-Summer-Jennifer-Weiner-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Big-Summer-Jennifer-Weiner-BookDragon.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/>If the narrator sounds immediately familiar, here\u2019s why: Danielle Macdonald played Willowdean Dickson in the popular Netflix adaptation of Julie Murphy\u2019s bestselling <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dumplin-julie-murphy-school-library-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dumplin&#8217;<\/a>.<\/em> Making her narrator debut in Jennifer Weiner\u2019s plus-size empowering latest, Macdonald is so convincing that once listeners have begun the story, stopping before the end isn\u2019t really an option.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, Daphne and Drue were best \u2013 albeit hardly equal \u2013 friends. Fat (her word), trusting, scholarship-student Daphne could never say no to wealthy, gorgeous, mean-girl-manipulative Drue &#8230; until Daphne does, finally claiming her voice in a taking-back-her-agency-video that goes viral. Seven years after severing their toxic relationship, Daphne\u2019s content: she\u2019s a body-positivity Instagram influencer, she nannies, and she sells her crafty art. And then Drue reappears, as dazzling as ever, <s>asking<\/s>\u00a0begging Daphne to be her maid-of-honor (Drue\u00a0has no other friends) in what promises to be the social-media-takeover wedding of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Surprise! Murder and mayhem ensue.<\/p>\n<p>Frothy entertainment notwithstanding, insidious white privilege is impossible to ignore here. Three notable characters of color populate the pale cast, each more cringe-inducing than the last: not-friend Darshi is disdained and discarded; nerdy Aditya isn\u2019t fit to be seen in public; the villain has to be the child of model-minority immigrants whose life Drue so glibly stole. Despite Macdonald\u2019s due applause, Weiner\u2019s unintended racism ultimately feels irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Big-Summer-\/pid=9738837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the narrator sounds immediately familiar, here\u2019s why: Danielle Macdonald played Willowdean Dickson in the popular Netflix adaptation of Julie Murphy\u2019s bestselling Dumplin&#8217;. 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