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Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
by Duchess Goldblatt
"Good night, rascals, dreamboats, and hermits. Good night, crackpots and nutjobs and scoundrels. Good night, all librarians everywhere."
Where to start in trying to review 'Becoming Duchess Goldblatt'? I didn't really know what to expect from this book. To emphasize the humor, and there is plenty of it, is to risk gliding over the dark heart of pain at the core of this unusual memoir. Anonymous, the author, started writing this character to deal with the pain that came from her divorce and sense of being abandoned by friends and family. The Duchess is NOT the same person as Anonymous, but an alternate consciousness, living in Crooked Path, NY, ten minutes north of NYC, and ten minutes from the Canadian border. Before she knows it, the character she has created has developed a following on Twitter. Her tweets, one part gentle tenderness and two parts twisted humor, call out the need for community in our fractured society. The author makes a commitment to deal gently with those who follow her. I think what touched me most is how eager people are for kindness, tenderness, and connection.
I am not on Twitter so I was not aware of the Duchess's presence. Her wit and advice are almost enough to tempt me to tiptoe onto Twitter. Highly recommended.
Where to start in trying to review 'Becoming Duchess Goldblatt'? I didn't really know what to expect from this book. To emphasize the humor, and there is plenty of it, is to risk gliding over the dark heart of pain at the core of this unusual memoir. Anonymous, the author, started writing this character to deal with the pain that came from her divorce and sense of being abandoned by friends and family. The Duchess is NOT the same person as Anonymous, but an alternate consciousness, living in Crooked Path, NY, ten minutes north of NYC, and ten minutes from the Canadian border. Before she knows it, the character she has created has developed a following on Twitter. Her tweets, one part gentle tenderness and two parts twisted humor, call out the need for community in our fractured society. The author makes a commitment to deal gently with those who follow her. I think what touched me most is how eager people are for kindness, tenderness, and connection.
I am not on Twitter so I was not aware of the Duchess's presence. Her wit and advice are almost enough to tempt me to tiptoe onto Twitter. Highly recommended.