![]() ![]() ![]() Even after the girls realize they're the only ones who are going to help Lisa, they never stop trying to get the teachers and her parents involved. ![]() In the middle of improvised group sessions the friends will begin chatting about movies or tease the over-eager M.N. ![]() That last exclamation aside, Neufield is good at capturing the voice of teenage girls. is focused on diagnosing the problem, and the new girl Elizabeth is strangely aloof, but Betsey is warm-hearted and concerned, and habitually moons over Paul Newman's eyes (zowee!!). It's through Betsey, a girl who before Lisa's crisis was only an acquaintance, that the story is narrated. Neufield is quick to establish Lisa Schilling's dilemma and the concern of her classmates Mary Nell (M.N.), Elizabeth and Betsey and the lack of response from teachers, the guidance counselor and Lisa's own family. The stuff that after-school specials are made of.and I'm not kidding, 'Lisa, Bright and Dark' was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV drama, the cover says so.īut don't be so quick to judge, this is hardly 'Go Ask Alice' or any other histrionic 'What Happened to the Chiiildreeen!!' fare. ![]()
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