The author of "Men Giving Money, Women Yelling" now offers a moving, deftly structured novel depicting the friendship between two women that begins with the lending of a book--and lasts more than 20 years.
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The author of "Men Giving Money, Women Yelling" now offers a moving, deftly structured novel depicting the friendship between two women that begins with the lending of a book--and lasts more than 20 years.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in dust jacket. 6.46 x 9.55 x 1.02 inches. Author's third novel, a tale of friendship between women and the memoir of an anarchist trolley strike (the subject of the borrowed book).
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Fine. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Includes P.S. A Conversation with author Alice Mattison, about her and about the book. Clean and bright pictorial wrappers, solid and tight binding, square, page edges clean and white. Internals also clean and free from any markings, no creasing. A novel about the friendship of women, sisterhood, and its last importance throughout life. 278 pages plus 18 pages with short Biography, Conversations, and Have You Read section. 5.4 x 8 inches. HarperPerennial, New York, 2008.
Our first book in the book club and this book required considerable effort for me to finish. If it had not been a book club choice I doubt if I would have finished it at all. I found the book within the book much more interesting than the main story itself. Also the main character--to me anyway--was not very likeable at all. I found her to be very selfish at times. It is difficult to like a book when you don't really care for the main character throughout the story. However two people in our group did enjoy the book and one admitted truly identifiying with the main character. I don't get it. I doubt if I would pick up another book from this author again.
