Fat Tuesday

by Susan Vaught

What does Rusty Quinn do when her mom loses touch with reality, her best friend's dad explodes over a kiss, her other best friend gets committed to a psych ward, and the sanest person she knows is an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970075235
• ISBN13: 9780970075239
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: OnStage Publishing
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 21 years

Customer Reviews

A wonderful read....

It takes some time to settle the soul, after reading this gem. It seems so real because the author dares to take reality and bend it just enough to deliver a fantastic tale - in true soap opera fashion. To all the Lou's out there...don't settle for a Stonn. Head on down to Nawlin's and find your boogie on Bourbon Street! You're worth it!!

An incredible debut

What can I say but this book is absolutely amazing. From the very first line it caught my attention and never let me go until the very last page. Susan Vaught has masterfully penned this story, and it is absolutely a must read.

A Masterful Debut!

Please allow me a moment of gushing...I could not put Fat Tuesday down! It gripped me, held me, shook me around and didn't let me loose until it ended. Susan Vaught has a way of writing about difficult situations and making them yours; making you feel and want to react. This is an author not to be missed.Ok, now for the nitty gritty. Fat Tuesday hosts a group of teens and their traumas that will grab hold of you, make you laugh [the soap opera notations whilst a result of a horrible reality can make you laugh as well, most especially the Mary Hartman reference had me howling], make you cry for lost innocence and make you proud when maturing and understanding comes along.Fat Tuesday is a book about teens; their lives thus far, what the future holds for them and them taking hold of the reins for themselves. Does this mean that the adults in this book are all horrible, no, just all to real. This also means that Fat Tuesday is a book for parents just as much as it is for their teens.Fat Tuesday is not to be missed and Susan Vaught should be added to your automatic buy lists...beautiful writer whose plotlines hold very tangible subject matters.

A Must Read!

What do a group of teens do when their disfunctional world is more dramatic than a daytime drama? They create their own soap. When main character, Rusty, has to deal with a bi-polar mom and an abusive stepdad, she turns to her friends for support. But when they continuously dump their problems on her, she avoids her own insanity by creating a role for each in a fictitious soap opera called Northgate Bay. Ms. Vaught is a master storyteller, and a genius at winding a plot that appeals to teens. No doubt Fat Tuesday is only the first of many excellent young adult novels we can look forward to from Susan Vaught.

Excellent debut!

I finished this book last night, staying up much later than I meant in order to see the resolution of this multilayered story. It's a gritty tale in some respects, but Ms. Vaught handles tough issues with a deft hand, making the reader care about her characters. It goes beyond the standard teen angst book in many ways. I should mention there is humor as well, mostly in the form of Stonn, a blunt Finnish exchange student who had me laughing out loud. But mostly it's the story of Rusty, who must deal with her mother's mental illness, a suicidal friend, and her own budding sexuality. The action climaxes in the rich atmosphere of Mardi Gras, which Ms. Vaught captures quite well. Highly recommmended!