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May 23, 2007 Heather McElhatton Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel (Harper, 512 pages, $14.95) A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure experience for adults: Heather McElhatton is a producer for Minnesota Public Radio. Her job is to weave tales, and in "Pretty Little Mistakes," she offers countless ways for readers to choose their own destiny. You find out on page 1 that you are graduating from high school and that you have a choice either to go to college or travel — and that you're female, and that your boyfriend "annihilated your virginity in an abandoned Christmas tree shack by the highway." After taking a deep breath and shaking off the question "Whatever happened to sweet, sweet romance?" readers can choose among Italy, California, or Britain as travel choices, and science or art as major choices. Do you keep the boyfriend as he expresses his disappointment that you don't wear lingerie all the time in your college apartment? Do you drop out of school and end up traveling anyway? It's easy to pick and choose a fate in "Pretty Little Mistakes," but sometimes a page turn can make for surprising self realizations. JAYANTHI DANIEL |
