After reading a recent interview, and speaking to Christy
Heron personally, I could tell this book was going to be riveting. I felt a
sort of Chelsea Handler, meets 50 Shades, meets Southern California beach town
vibe, and I hadn't even opened the book yet.
Her eccentric personality and merely the book’s cover made me eager to
start reading: Unrequited - One Girl, Thirteen Boyfriends and, Vodka.
In Ms. Heron’s interview she provided this short summary of
her book:
“It’s about a girl, January Estlin, who falls in love with a
boy, Jack, a.k.a. Short Fat Fuck, who doesn't love her back. That is where the blasé
part of it the story ends. It follows them, and the other crazy characters in
their orbit, over the course of several years, where they continue to gravitate
toward one another, even though he doesn't feel the same way she does. They
can’t stop. Their ongoing tryst, which stalls at times, survives through
turmoil, death, jail, addition mental illness, promiscuity and other
relationships.”
Once I did pick it up, I couldn't put it down. As an
audience you can feel and sympathize with the characters, through the details
and dialogue, their emotions become yours. It’s obvious Ms. Heron drew not only from
society but from her own personal experiences. “…my life is extraordinary. Not
in a fantastic be-jealous-of-me way, and not in a terrible way. In a very
unheard of way. Until crazy shit stops happening to me – which prompts
interesting stories and then morph into even better stories –I won’t stop
documenting them. I can’t.” It is easy to sense Ms. Heron’s presence through
her words. Inspired by her surrounding and able to get them down on paper the
way she does make Unrequited unique
and exhilarating.
To hear Christy's interview with Dave Congalton click the following link and fast forward 19 minutes and 20 seconds in- Dave Congalton Inteview
To hear Christy's interview with Dave Congalton click the following link and fast forward 19 minutes and 20 seconds in- Dave Congalton Inteview