How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
You couldn't stop looking at her. She was a knockout. The way she held a cigarette, the way she danced in the kitchen, the way she could make supper with a cocktail in one hand—that was movie star glamour. You could almost forget she was just a housewife from Queens. (3.5)
Evie's mom is va-va-voom glamorous, even though she's (1) a housewife from Queens, and (2) the mom of a teenager. Cue up "Stacy's Mom" and replace Stacy with Evie, because it's obvious that Bev is a hit with all the boys and men.
Quote #2
"Now there's an attractive couple," Mom said in the voice she used when she approved of something, like Gregory Peck in Duel in the Sun or Butter Rum Life Savers. "I wonder where they're from." (5.44)
Evie's mom shows us that one thing is always true: people will always notice beautiful and glamorous strangers. Even though they know nothing of the attractive couple in the hotel lobby, they pursue a friendship with them because of the je ne sais pas that they exude.
Quote #3
I looked in the mirror. My hair was frizzy. My arms were skinny and I was too tall. I looked like a dog on its hind legs. I felt tears spurt into my eyes, and my humiliation was complete. (6.20)
Poor Evie. She thought that she'd have some kind of Pretty Woman transformation (without the prostitution shadiness), but instead she just looks like she's trying too hard—and is as awkward as ever. Even her mom's laughing at her.