NOT FADE AWAY * THE GLASS WIVES

Not Fade Away - This movie was so good, that after it ended, I started watching it all over again.  It's a band movie about 4  guys in the early 1960s who come together to make music.  The young actors are unknown which adds to its immense charm, although  James Gandolfini plays the main character's dad, a man who is both frustrated and yet somewhat admiring of the son who is so different from himself.  It's about music, love and relationships.  I loved the way the movie ended, but also hope to someday see a sequel.  The Glass Wives by Amy Sue Nathan - The best thing about this book is that it was a new story.  It's inspiration was launched by the author's personal experience, but she added and padded her experience with what ifs and complications both good and bad.  I enjoyed it more as it went along, and it was fun to have it set in a fictional town on the north shore.  My favorite line in the book was "You can be really, really angry with someone and still move forward with them instead of without them."  A powerful concept, indeed.  It's a modern read about modern women dealing with the curve balls that life sometimes throws at them.