![]() ![]() Memphis is a likeable character and brings a different component to the story.sweetness but wariness on the part of the reader. She won't leave the house because of her fears, and her husband, Claude, is always critical to the point of being cruel to her.Ĭlaude is not a likeable person at all.you will want to put him in his place. It is an enticing read that took me back to the time of drive-in movies and stay-at-home moms.Ĭallie Anne's mother, Teal, is a pathetic woman that you can't feel anything but sorrow for. Descriptions of the characters, their feelings, and every day events are very vivid and at times gripping. ![]() Through the author's skill, you can feel Callie Anne’s emotions when things happen to her.things that were caused either by her father's cruelty or from her mother's fears of venturing outside the house. Callie Anne is an endearing, innocent, tomboyish character and is the story's narrator. The book centers on Callie Anne and her life with her domineering father and agoraphobic mother. He was always polite to Callie Anne and her mother.so much nicer than her father who was gruff and condescending to them both. Callie Anne was enamored by Memphis, but didn't like how he seemed to care for her mother more than he cared for her. She was twelve, and Memphis was a drifter that had been hired to help her father with some of the chores at the drive-in. You will feel the heat of a dusty, small-town Indiana summer, enjoy the thrill of a first love, and journey with an adult Calle Anne into the murder that forever changed her life.Ĭallie Anne wasn’t looking forward to yet another boring summer at the drive-in theater her father managed, but was it really going to be boring?Ĭallie Anne was pleasantly surprised that this summer was completely unlike any other summer once Memphis arrived. I recommend you read this novel on a cold winter day. I found myself longing to sit at a diner, sipping a brown cow, my legs dangling beneath a poodle skirt, feet bearing bobby socks and saddle shoes, keeping rhythm with that ".old-time rock and roll." Because the story is told in retrospect the book bears resemblance to TV's The Wonder Years. Set in the late'50's, a seemingly idyllic time that conjures up images of mothers clad in aprons, dishing out meatloaf, Elvismania, and teens for whom the A & W and a movie were the makings of a perfect date. While the story's main focus is the romance between Calle Anne's mother and a drifter, it is the surprising first love experienced by Calle Anne herself that is the real gem here. Calle Anne, the novel's narrator, is instantly likable, a twelve-year-old somewhat akin to Harper Lee's Scout, in both actions and the role each girl plays. The book's main players come alive and exist beyond the cover's boundaries. Although the writing is not polished or poetic, the story is so engaging that I could not help but quickly become entangled in the lives of the characters. Fortunately, my mother picked it up during an after-Christmas browse through Bellevue's branch of the University of Washington bookstore. Had I myself come across The Starlite Drive-In most likely, I would have dismissed it without bothering to read the back cover. At first glance it appears to be one of those "fluff" romance novels that are used primarily as a means of escape. So with the help of community fundraising (about $50,000 was raised from local donations), government support, the drive-in was saved and will hopefully be opened for years to come.This small, unobtrusive 1997 paperback is easy to overlook. So local government is providing a low interest $200,000 loan to purchase new projectors. Almost all hope was lost but at the last minute, an anonymous donor stepped in and purchased the land and is leasing it back to the new drive-in owner. ![]() A deal was almost reached when it was learned that the owner had already sold the digital projectors for the drive-in. ![]() However, the community and local government rallied to save the their iconic drive-in. After the summer of 2018, the owner of the Starlite announced he was closing the drive-in and was selling the land to a development company. The Starlite has recently revised its pet policy once again allowing dogs as long as they are well behaved and on a leash at all times while outside the car. Audio is provided via FM radio broadcast as well as some traditional window speakers. The Starlite shows double features most nights with triple features shown on weekend nights. It is also the state's largest remaining drive-in theater with a 1300 car capacity. About Starlite Twin Drive-in The Starlite Drive-in is Kansas's last remaining twin screen drive-in theater. ![]()
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