Tender Is the Night

 

Shirley J.                Adult Fiction                                                  Film Stars of the 1920a

  Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald       332 pages  

A good story with many a surprising twist and turn.  At one point it broaches the subject of pedophilia which surprised me in a novel from that time frame.   An interesting look into the lives of several people living/vacationing in the South of France, all coming together and getting to know one another in their wealthy click.   A child star of American films becomes an unknowing Lolita when she and one of the married men in the group become obsessed with one another.   Friendship, innocence, betrayal all come tog4ther in this lifestyles of the rich and famous set in the Jazz age.   The writing is impeccable, the characters well fleshed out and so real you get a good visual in your mind as you read the words on the page.  Everything happens for a reason and even the most disparate comes together in the end.  Jolly laughs and melancholy meet here.   I recommend this one to adults as I think teens might find it a little less moving,.