Summer of My German Soldier | Adolescent Heroines

In the following review, Slung argues that Greene's presentation of people from Arkansas is inaccurate and affected by a "cosmopolitan awareness" uncharacteristic of real-world counterparts.

[In Them That Glitter and Them That Don't, Greene] shouts through her characters' conversation, bringing a sophisticated, wise-cracking tone and a cosmopolitan awareness that doesn't match up with the folk of Dexter County, Arkansas. Carol Ann Delaney, not surprisingly, wants to flee her surroundings and better herself, and the way she envisions doing it is by becoming a country singer, "all aglitter in a gown of sequins and feathers," lavishly praised by "the country and western music critic for The New York Times." Or, singing some of her favorite songs, Carol...

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