secondhusk 's review for:

The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick

5.0

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I seem to have found my literary soulmate in a punchy, eloquent, depression-plagued sixtysomething lady. This isn't so much a love letter to New York as it is a fond but aggressive noogie to New York. Also, deep stuff about isolation, friendship, the possibility of connection, and learning not to loathe the company of your own mind. I dog-eared pretty much every page.