Reviews

Paper Trail by Arleen Paré

therestlessbookflea07's review against another edition

3.0

I picked this book last year from a thrift book stall because I was mainly interested with the varying structure of its poetry entries and finally managed to finish it! But tbh I think I will be more engaged and appreciative to this fiction and its reflections when I am employed someday.

The seemingly personal language administered in the writing is admirable as well. A good read!


Oooh righttttt despite being a challenging read (in terms of compelling factor), the fiction has intriguing yet inviting parts too! Check out pp. 61, 64, 69, 70, 78, 82 and 94).

ampersunder's review against another edition

4.0

‰ЫПin North America when women finally entered the workplace in large numbers, as though they now stood equal, the women approached the work seriously. in the offices before the women arrived in large numbers, the men maintained an understanding that work was not so serious, that work should not overwhelm the pleasant state of camaraderie that the men had taken pains to cultivate. ... when the women were permitted, the work became more serious. during the war, which was serious, the women worked. after the baby boom, the women, who had been sent back to their kitchens after the men returned from war, wanted to be permitted even though they had no war to permit them. they had more to prove. they had to be serious. when they entered the workplace they picked up the pace. and most of the men stopped launching paper airplanes from their desks.‰Ыќ