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yeahdeadslow's review against another edition
4.0
The Pleasure of Their Company, which is another volume of Doris Grumbach's journals, opens with several pages of short reflections on some of her friends who have passed away. (One of whom was an "literary acquaintance" of mine: May Sarton.) I was beginning to think the whole book would be comprised of such paragraphs, but Doris moved on to write about the advent of her 80th birthday. This is another lovely installment in the life of Doris Grumbach. She lives in a world I wish I was part of, as so much of it has to do with books: the buying, selling, writing, and reading of them.
One thing I loved about this book is that Doris finally writes a page or two on her partner, Sybil. Though mentions of Sybil pop in and out of her memoirs, Doris admits herself she has never "put down explicitly the details" of their relationship. But here she speaks candidly about what Sibyl means to her, which results in a touching testament to their union.
...I just googled to see if Doris Grumbach is alive, and I think she is. This means there's still time to go be her best friend, right? Because I'm convinced I already am.
One thing I loved about this book is that Doris finally writes a page or two on her partner, Sybil. Though mentions of Sybil pop in and out of her memoirs, Doris admits herself she has never "put down explicitly the details" of their relationship. But here she speaks candidly about what Sibyl means to her, which results in a touching testament to their union.
...I just googled to see if Doris Grumbach is alive, and I think she is. This means there's still time to go be her best friend, right? Because I'm convinced I already am.
jamiereadthis's review
3.0
“I could not find an opening in the flow of talk in which to insinuate a remark about the world of books in which I had been living, so I was silent.”
That line may be too real.
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