But I felt like, as a narrator, she was a bit boring. Penny Lane should get points for being proactive with her heart, deciding what to do with it and to whom she’s going to give it. What I found in its pages was a sweet if simple story about a teen girl learning that friendship really does have restorative properties - and that we don’t need a man to waltz in and complete our lives (though sometimes it’s fun when the guys do show up). I started Elizabeth Eulberg’s The Lonely Hearts Club on Valentine’s Day - when I was having an impromptu Lonely Hearts Club meeting of my own, if I’m being honest. Can the queen bee of the Lonely Hearts Club actually mend her own? And along the way, battle her own feelings toward men - and one boy, in particular. When the school newspaper does a feature on the club and breaks it all wide open, Penny must navigate the newly-treacherous waters of dirty looks, whispering, rumors and backstabbing.
Things are fine and well until the group rapidly expands to encompass many of the school’s young ladies, and guess who isn’t so thrilled about a no-dating club? All of the young men. and knowing that no immature high school senior will be able to provide it.
An avid Beatles fan, Penny dubs the group “The Lonely Hearts Club” and the girls quickly form a comraderie based on wanting only the best out of life. Vowing to give up dating for the rest of high school, she soon finds a sympathetic ear - or twenty - as other girls from school find their way into an unofficial union with Penny Lane. After her long-time sweetheart Nate turns out to be - gasp - just another teenage boy with a wandering eye, Penny Lane Bloom is crushed.
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