Dairy Queen, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Dairy Queen, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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Dairy Queen

Author: Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Narrator: Natalie Moore

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2006


Synopsis

When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D.J. can’t help admitting, maybe he’s right.

When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn’t so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won’t even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league.

When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D.J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.

About The Author

Though she never played high school football or milked cows, Catherine Gilbert Murdock is a big fan of family farms and Wisconsin. She herself grew up on a tiny farm (two goats and honeybees) in Connecticut, and attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania. She now lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and two children. Dairy Queen is her first novel.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the Librarian on 2008-02-22 12:55:39

This is a perfectly nice story read by a capable narrator. It is little more because at the heart it isn't more than that, thought it does try to be. That's the problem, it's trying to do too many things at once with the feud in the family, the communication issues, the learning-someone-isn't-who-you-think-they-are or maybe they are, the gay friend, and the whole I-want-to-be-a-football-player angle. It's too much for a clear and focused story. So, again, a nice little story, whose writing is essentially flawed due to an overloaded plot and collection of under-developed themes.

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on July 17, 2010

*Kat picks up book* "What the hell is wrong with the cover? What were they THINKING? *Twenty pages in* "I'm reading a book about a dumb hick milking cows? Great! What the hell was Tatiana thinking, recommending me this book!" *Fifty pages in* "Hmmm, it's kind of interesting I suppose. D.J. is funny and c......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on March 30, 2012

When I finally found a spare two minutes to sit down and start reading this book, I suddenly ended up drawn in for a couple of hours discovering that Dairy Queen is just as ridiculously funny, silly, and heartwarming as everyone had told me it was. And strangely inspirational too - I love anyone......more

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader on February 27, 2017

A very cute story about a 15 turning 16 year old girl named DJ who has only ever known life in her dad’s farm. She’s responsible, does what everyone expects of her, obedient and hardworking. Not much different from the cows she milks every day. “And that’s what put me to sleep. Thinking about cows......more

That's one advantage to not talking. After a while people stop talking back. I swear, I swear to you....I am not a snob. Really!! Swear!! But come on...look at this cover. It's a cow. In a tiara. With a blue sky in the background and named after a restaurant I love. What's a girl to think......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 28, 2011

Dairy Queen has got to be the best book hidden behind the worst cover/title ever. This isn’t a book I would have given a second glance at if it weren’t for so many Goodreads friends raving over it. Even looking past the cover, the synopsis here doesn’t sound great. One special summer in which our yo......more