No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation.
Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did).
Featuring new writing from:
Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- FOREWORD by Ally Sheedy
- INTRODUCTION by Jaime Clarke
- JOHN HUGHES GOES DEEP: THE UNEXPECTED HEAVIOSITY OF FERRIS BUELLERâS DAY OFF by Steve Almond
- A SLUT OR A PRUDE: THE BREAKFAST CLUB AS FEMINIST PRIMER by Julianna Baggott
- ENCHANTED NIGHT: THE MAGIC OF SIXTEEN CANDLES by Lisa Borders
- ON WEIRD SCIENCE by Ryan Boudinot
- YOU LOOK GOOD WEARING MY FUTURE, OR THE SEXUALLY AMBIGUOUS BEST FRIEND by T Cooper
- BLOWING IT: MY SIXTEEN CANDLES by Quinn Dalton
- CANâT HELP FALLING IN LOVE by Emily Franklin
- PRETTY IN PENURY by Lisa Gabriele
- THATâS NOT A NAME, THATâS A MAJOR APPLIANCE: HOW ANDREW MCCARTHY RUINED MY LIFE by Tod Goldberg
- WHICH JOHN HUGHES CHARACTER ARE YOU? by Nina de Gramont
- LA VIE EN ROSE: PRETTY IN PINK by Tara Ison
- FERRIS BUELLER: AN INFATUATION, A LIFE LESSON, AND ONE HARMLESS FAMILY ADVENTURE by Allison Lynn
- REAL MEN DONâT EAT QUICHE: THE WOES OF FERRIS BUELLER AND HIS NORTH SIDE BUDDIES by John McNally
- I DATED MOLLY RINGWALD, SORT OF by Dan Pope
- THE GHOST OF ALLY SHEEDY by Lewis Robinson
- MY MARY by Ben Schrank
- THE SCREAM, WITH LIP GLOSS by Elizabeth Searle
- MAKE A WISH: THE FIRST KISS LASTS FOREVER by Mary Sullivan
- IN WHAT WAY DOES THE AUTHORâS USE OF THE PRISON SYMBOLIZEâŚ?: A DEEP EGO-IDENTIFICATION WITH FERRIS BUELLER by Rebecca Wolff
- HOW JOHN HUGHES ALTERED MY LIFE by Moon Unit Zappa
- Contributors
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