Review: kissing Bowie
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2013
Famous photographer, Samantha Newell, returns to London in 2013 after a thirty year absence. She is there because her work is being shown at a gallery.  She is asked a question about her work which leads to her documenting her life in London during the 1980's and why she left. In the form of a diary and  using vivid detail, the author places the reader in the London of the 1980's.  Samantha has come to London to reunite with her friend, Laura.  Laura is charismatic and men are easily attracted to her, but she is obsessed with David Bowie.  Joan Taylor's novel, kissing Bowie, follows the effect of the obsession on all those involved in Laura's life.  Samantha recognizes Laura is not well.  However, Samantha is not well, either, and is conflicted as to how to help her friend.  She begins to question if she even wants to. Her decisions haunt her.This is a well written story that takes the reader into minds of the characters.  The novel examines the depths of friendship and all that comes with it. I found the book to be engrossing and interesting.I received this book free of charge through LibraryThing Early Reviewers and I give this review of my own free will.