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Title: Girl Walks into a Bar : A Memoir by Strawberry Saroyan ISBN: 0-375-50611-X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.6 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Poorly written but...
Comment: I devoured this book in a weekend. It's rambling, repetitive, and vague, but it reads like an emotional letter from a friend. Although the book needed better editing, the author has captured what it is like to grow up as a woman today. I related to so many of her experiences: the disappointment in a career path, the moves across country, the lack of family support, the unsatisfying and flaky romances, the lost friendship, the search for a social group, the men who never grow up. I especially liked the section on the Bounty boys, a group of men the author hung out with for a time in L.A. It's not all bad news, as she does find a satisfactory group of friends to hang out with, but it does end with a lot of questions still unanswered. For women who weathered a lot of turmoil in their twenties to find themselves on firmer ground but still searching in their thirties, this is a good read. I think the subject matter could have been handled with more insight by a better writer, but I think Saroyan deserves credit for attempting this chronicle of the modern woman's experience.
Rating: 3
Summary: who cares?
Comment: Saroyan writes well but blandly, much in the style of the magazines she's worked for. Her story is one I'd rather have heard over cocktails than reading a whole book about--it's practically the poster child for the "yeah, but who cares?" syndrome of people writing memoirs who don't have much more to write about than anyone else. Not saying she's terribly boring--she isn't--but there's nothing special here that made me want to recommend it.
Rating: 2
Summary: cry me a river...
Comment: I found this book to be sort of a cross between "Prozac Nation" and "The Devil Wears Prada"... and not in a good way. Like Elizabeth Wuertzel, Ms. Saroyan is quite privileged and successful. Her complaining throughout the book was hard to get through. Her anecdotes were long-winded and most could (should?) have been trimmed extensively. Like "The Devil Wears Prada", this book didn't make the magazine world sound like a good place for us mere mortals. I guess it was nice of Ms. Saroyan to give me a peek into her world... but I'm quite happy to step back into my own world which is filled with plenty of real people.
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Title: Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy ISBN: 0743244354 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done : A Novel by Sandra Newman ISBN: 0060514981 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Behind Bars: The Straight-Up Tales of a Big-City Bartender by Ty Wenzel ISBN: 0312311028 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 04 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Where the Truth Lies : A Novel by RUPERT HOLMES ISBN: 0679452206 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty ISBN: 1401300316 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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