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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
contains 3-4 of the funniest, meanest descriptions of annoying people i have ever read
I really tried to like this, but it was wholly self-absorbed and left me wondering, "what's the point?"
I just loved this book. Sally Jay Gorce is such a spaz - and so relatable. She is utterly unapologetic about wanting to live life to its fullest - but not so proud to admit when she's gone too far. This is one of the best books I have read in a long while. So many crazy things keep happeneing to the main character, but she is so nutty, it just seems to fit.
I need to reread the book in a shorter timespan, because it is a quick read. I kept putting it down despite it being quite captivating in the way I'd point to passages and say "that's me!" with shame. I also want to be a librarian, but I must be misreading something if I also expect every potential person to instantly enamor themselves with me.
I was so surprised that The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy divided our Cabinet Rooms book club so much. In fact, it's possible some people hated it so much they didn't come! But four of us loved it, me included. In the 1950s Sally Jay, a twenty-year-old American spends two years living in Paris on her uncle's money. She's funny and sharp, likes to have sex with different men and stay out all night. Just like she falls in love with Larry, I fell in love with her. Okay, there sometimes is a little too much about all the people she goes to different bars with so that they begin to merge after a while, but perhaps that's the point. It picked up again when she goes to Biarritz and writes the novel as a diary. The story is semi-autobiographical which perhaps explains why there isn't much plot. Those in the book club who hated it seemed to hate her, so maybe you do have to fall in love with Sally Jay to enjoy The Dud Avocado.
Sally Jay Gorce trips through the Paris Left Bank in the 50's. Great fun.
What a book. the next time anyone feeds me a line about women in the 1950s I plan to shove this under their nose
I loved this book, which I think will surprise no one who knows me and reads it. I only wish I'd read it before going to Paris or as a teenager. My teenage self would have given this book 5 stars.