Just the Facts: A Novel, by Ellen Sherman
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When English major Nora Plowright finds herself staring at college graduation as if at the edge of a cliff, she decides to become a newspaper reporter--and right away, she manages to get a job at a local paper (which you could still do in 1978). Although fearful by nature, Nora pursues a tip from a stranger and soon is investigating corruption at the Maryland State Highway Authority regarding the controversial placement of a new freeway. The developing scandal, with its shady "players," tests both her budding reportorial skills and her appetite for danger. Also, her passion for storytelling makes it increasingly difficult for her to stick to the facts.Humorous and poignant, Just the Facts is a coming-of-age novel about finding one's way in the real world that will resonate with anyone who has struggled with figuring out what to do when she or he grows up.
Just the Facts: A Novel, by Ellen Sherman- Amazon Sales Rank: #2048948 in Books
- Brand: Sherman, Ellen
- Published on: 2015-09-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .50" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 194 pages
Review “Ellen Sherman’s new novel, Just the Facts, is a poignant, colorful portrait of a young woman coming of age in a small newspaper newsroom. Brimming with an ardor for writing and great literature, rookie reporter Nora Plowright unearths a major political scandal, but discovers that her passion for storytelling, and compassion for the people she covers, often conflict with her job. Nora’s emotional odyssey is captivating as she grapples with the fallibility of daily journalism, her parents' foibles, religion, and a steady stream of potential boyfriends. Those of us who have labored in the trenches of journalism will savor Nora’s triumphs (front-page bylines!) and wince at her disasters, which so many of us have experienced.”—William K. Marimow, two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer“From the beginning of her first job after college―as a staff reporter for a small Maryland newspaper―Nora Plowright pretty much knows she's happier writing about well-trained cockatiels and a school ban on potato chips than she is dealing with plane crashes, violent crime, and corruption. But nothing is as appealing to her as the variations on reality she rehearses in her mind as she drives from one assignment to the next. This is a touchingly honest and very funny twist on the cub-reporter-earns-her-stripes theme, and Nora is great company as she faces her (mostly) irrational fears, unexpected suitors, unsavory politicians . . . and a very dangerous bag of peppermint puffs.”—Jane Schwartz, author of Caught and Ruffian: Burning from the Start“Ellen Sherman has written a smart, funny, and accomplished novel. Just the Facts provides both an inside view of the world of a small-town newspaper and an engaging portrait of a young woman at a pivotal point in her life.”—Kitty Burns Florey, author of The Writing Master
About the Author Ellen Sherman received her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop, and has worked as a journalist, editor, and teacher. She also has worked as a proofreader, tutor, Girl Scout cookie counter, and training coordinator for literacy volunteers―all afternoon positions so that she could write in the mornings. Her first published novel was Monkeys on the Bed. Besides writing, her passions are choral singing, playing tennis, traveling, sampling new candy, and most of all, hanging out with family and friends.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. "Follow the money," a neophyte reporter gets in over her head, or does she? By Ann Anderson Evans Nora Plowright, the Anglo Saxonized name of a Jewish girl from New Jersey, is a delightful companion throughout this book, JUST THE FACTS (SheWrites Press), by Ellen Sherman. It’s a quick read for a winter’s evening.Nora is a feisty, anxious young woman who is afraid of the dark and has never heard of a dildo, yet she is covering local crime in all its grisly, colorful detail. Every fire, accident, escaping boa constrictor, and baby wandering into danger teaches her something. Then she stumbles upon a major political scandal and the reader is wondering how this neophyte reporter is going to handle such a big story. It’s fun to tag along.The book is fast-paced, moving from one incident in Nora’s small-town world to another, each one a little bit funny and a little bit sad. Occasionally a misfit enters the picture, a boyfriend perhaps, and the reader skids into a belly laugh.Sherman observes the world in rich detail: I loved the chocolate brown carpeting in a dank basement that runs halfway up the walls – how many times have you seen THAT? How appropriate that the Delta stewardess who moves into the room in that dank basement is wearing the airline’s dark brown uniform.The writing is ever congenial, and there is some interesting commentary on the difference between being a reporter and being a writer.I’m ready for Sherman’s next book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well written debut By Chick Lit Central By Jami DI knew at a young age that I wanted to write fiction. I loved to read, watch and tell stories. Plus, writing was the only thing I was any good at. But it wasn’t until high school that I realized no one was going to pay me to sit in a corner and try to write the Great American Novel. I majored in journalism, which lead to another realization: interviewing people in order to write a story was not my strong suit, either. I went into public relations and spent the first ten years of my adult life writing press releases, speeches and editorials, which were closer to fiction that I had first thought.This career trajectory is similar to Nora Plowright’s, heroine of Ellen Sherman’s debut novel, Just the Facts. It’s 1978 and Nora has just graduated college with an English degree. Wanting to write a novel but needing a real job, she takes an entry-level reporting position at a tiny paper in rural Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Her work consists of reading the police blotter every morning and writing quick paragraphs about the most unusual crimes. But when she’s sent to cover a community meeting about a proposed new highway, she unwittingly stumbles onto evidence of government corruption. Nora is torn between her desire to write fluffy feature articles or follow the trail to a bigger news story. And while her personal life heats up, the corruption trail may also lead to personal danger.Just the Facts is written in a very straightforward style, and every chapter leads off with one of Nora’s funny police blotter stories. It starts a little slow, as the corruption story doesn’t really take off in a big way until the second half of the book. Nora also juggles a personal life with various boyfriends and roommates. Its 1978 setting means Nora has none of the tools that has changed journalism in the past twenty years – without the internet, there’s no crush for the hour’s next headline; there’s no email, cell phones or even fax machines. Strangely, there’s also no sexism, even though journalism was a notoriously sexist field in the 1970s (Nora does have to face some antisemitism, though.) It’s curious why Sherman chose to set her story in this decade. Although some of Nora’s coming-of-age decisions are timeless, journalism in 2015 is so different from 1978, the story feels way too specific to the time period to resonate with modern readers. Furthermore, the government corruption centers on the placement of a new highway, which isn’t the sexiest (but certainly very realistic) scandal to investigate.As someone who grew up in Maryland, though, I enjoyed the setting, and the story made me wonder whether there really was some chicanery around those highways near Glen Burnie. And reading the details of Nora’s job convinced me that I made the right decision eschewing reporting for other kinds of writing. Reporters and authors may both be writers, but their motivations and interests are not the same.Originally posted at chicklitcentral.com
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good Quick Read!! By Country Girl Bookaholic Just The Facts is about Nora Plowright's journey through journalism. The year is 1978, Nora has just graduated from college and has taking a job at a newspaper. While she is figuring out how to get ahead in her job, a tip about a dirty deal with a major freeway being put in sends Nora on a goose chase on who is telling the truth and in the process she discovers who she is and what she truly wants out of life.I found this to be a quick read but it grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go until the last sentence is read. I do like reading books that are set in the late 70's and early 80's, it just makes you think all that has changed in this world and you realize that some things have changed but some remain the same with the way people do business. This book will do good in a book club and all the topics that it will bring up!Thank You to Ellen Sherman for writing a book that had you captivated from the first page to the very last word!I received this book from the BookSparks 2015 Fall Reading Challenge in exchange for a honest review.
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