Coffee at Luke's
An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest
by Edited by Jennifer Crusie and Leah Wilson
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Pub Date Apr 10 2007 | Archive Date Dec 05 2016
BenBella Books | Smart Pop
Description
What are the risks of having your mother be your best friend? How is Gilmore Girls anti-family, at least in the traditional sense? What’s a male viewer to do when he finds both mother and daughter attractive? And how is creator Amy Sherman-Palladino like Emily Gilmore? From the show’s class consciousness to the way the characters are shaped by the books they read, the music they listen to and the movies they watch, Coffee at Luke's looks at the sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking underpinnings of smart viewer’s Tuesday night television staple, and takes them further into Stars Hollow than they’ve ever been before.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781933771175 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
katarina o, Reviewer
Smart, witty and so much fun to revisit the Gilmores and Stars Hollow. All essays are brilliant, and cover a wide range of topics from the characters, the town, books and even food.
This book strikes the right balance between informative and interesting, never boring, never so "out there" that you wonder if a psycho wrote it.
I loved that there's tons of quotes, and fell in love with the series and characters all over again.
Librarian 24034
an excellent collection about a favorite mother/daughter show.
Melissa H, Reviewer
It devolves into the story of Gilmore girls. The first chapter talks about the writing of the show, it quotes lines from the show. It takes you back to the love of Stars hollow and how loving yet complex these Characters are. It talks about the show writing not being written in dumb down way, but instead in a very smart fashion that everyone could enjoy and it makes them feel intelligent. It really shows the meaning behind the show Gilmore Girls and why it was so important in the lives of so many people.
In the book, different authors share their own stories about the characters in stars hallow and how they relate to our own lives. It uses, what I would refer to as stars hallow language or Gilmore Girl-ism, which is the fast place talking or moving life. While using each certain character such as Lorelei or Kirk quirks, to relate to real life and our own human stories.The stories are about everyday normal things such as family, friendships, feminism. I feel like this book does focus on feminism in such a positive light, which made me love it that much more because Gilmore Girls was about strong females.
The book really makes you feel like your in stars hallow with the quotes from the characters. It focus on the uniques that only Star Hallow people could have , that small town, George Bailey life while dealing with modern day issues. For example, Lorelai always seem to be the runaway bride or that Kirk had 15,000 different jobs. I mean who could not related to that, who hasn’t work different jobs or who hasn’t thought that maybe marriage isn’t for them. I know I personally feel like Marriage is not for me. This book really caught my attention by using the different references to real life situations like the show would have.
As you continue to read the book you notice more of how the characters thoughts, actions or ideas can really relate to your own life but in a funny way. This book really took the time to make you look at life through the eyes of the Stars Hallow towns people. It shows you that if you just look around at your own life, you are very much one of these characters. I really throughly enjoy this book. I honestly couldn't put it down and it made me go back to the town that was Stars Hallow and the enjoyment of such wonderfully written characters. It truly is a must have for Gilmore Girl Fans everywhere. I honestly would go buy it right now, so you can enjoy it before the Netflix premiere of Gilmore Girls.
I will be posting a Youtube review on this book on November 25th, 2016 on my Youtube Channel: MelihYoutuber
Meli
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