Review: Memory Lane
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2012
I sped through November Surprise in a few, short hours.  It was a well-written, fast-paced, snappily-dialogued trip down memory lane of the last 20 years of my life. As the main character Lucy revisists each of the last six presidential elections, she provides a fantastic glimpse into the coming-of-age of a whole bunch of Gen X-ers.  Like Lucy, 1992 was my first presidential election.  (In a weird coincidence, I was like Lucy as well in that on the night of the 2000 election, I was up nursing a pre-root canal aching tooth.)  All of the cultural touchpoints in the book were spot-on, and as Lucy tries to capture her feelings/emotions every four years, I think she also mirrors the feelings/emotions of her generation at each of those points.Aside from the politics and current events, there's also a parallel story about relationships, both platonic and romantic. The whole book was a fun, quick read tht took me on a trip to high school and back again.