Hotel Angeline by Kathleen Alcalá, Matthew Amster-Burton, Kit Bakke, Erica Bauermeister, Sean Beaudoin, Dave Boling, Deb Caletti, Carol Cassella, William Dietrich, Robert Dugoni, Kevin Emerson, Karen Finneyfrock, Clyde Ford, Jamie Ford, Elizabeth George, Mary Guterson, Maria Dahvana Headley, Teri Hein, Stephanie Kallos, Erik Larson, David Lasky, Stacey Levine, Frances McCue, Jarret Middleton, Peter Mountford, Kevin O'Brien, Julia Quinn, Nancy Rawles, Suzanne Selfors, Jennie Shortridge, Ed Skoog, Garth Stein, Greg Stump, Indu Sundaresan, Craig Welch and Susan Wiggs. Foreword by Nancy Pearl. Introduction by Garth Stein 258 pp.
In 2011 the Seattle7Writers Project for Literacy concocted a scheme where 36 authors in the Pacific Northwest came together to write a novel on stage in one week. The result could have been a total mishmash, unreadable, and incomprehensible. Instead they created an intriguing story of a 14 year old girl who takes on adult responsibilities to keep the eclectic "family" of artists, anarchists, and eccentrics living in the run down Hotel Angeline safe and keep the hotel from being sold after her mother is no longer able to run it. Every author added a new twist to the story while keeping it flowing, enjoyable, and interesting. I was totally absorbed by the story and would have listened to the whole audiobook at one sitting if I could.
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