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jdianm's review against another edition
3.0
It wasn't until I declared out loud that I hated this book that I was able to let it grown on me. Once I admitted that it made me feel foolish and that I couldn't understand the literary and pop culture references, I gave up trying and began to enjoy the book. The essays and style diverge from any I have read, and she plays with a lot of ideas in the writing. The book incorporates autobiography, pop culture, literary history (Nathaniel Hawthorne and Brian Wilson become connected and compared), and other obscure, intellectual genres.
I would recommend the essays with the suggestion that reading this book will be work - such that you can spiral around and around and read the book in different ways - much as she suggests that reading a book becomes a different story for each reader.
Feb. Feminist book group selection
I would recommend the essays with the suggestion that reading this book will be work - such that you can spiral around and around and read the book in different ways - much as she suggests that reading a book becomes a different story for each reader.
Feb. Feminist book group selection
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