In retrospect, I can say that, while "The Women's Room" wasn't always an enjoyable book, it was an important book, a narrative worthy of my time and attention in that it is a significant perspective of the life of the middle-class woman pre- and post- second wave feminism. It is often difficult ...
Marilyn French is a proper writer, by this I mean her grammar, vocabulary and style are vastly superior to many books I have read recently. From that point only, it is worth 5 stars. Marilyn French is also a very opiniated woman, and faced with a very painful cancer and cancer treatment, and cert...
All the angsty romance I’ve been reading lately has had one (well, probably myriad, but let’s stick to one for now) thing in common: the protagonists are young. Early to mid-twenties. Just starting out in life, overcoming childhood tragedy. Which has got me thinking: why not angst about older peo...