Considering memoirs are usually something I avoid like the plague, I'm surprised by how good this book was.
NO SPOILERS!!!I have read other books by Anne Roiphe. I love the author's ability to create a time and place, to depict it with such detail that you see it, smell it, hear it and feel it. Again she succeeds with this, right from the beginning chapters of this novel. Here, in this story, we are trans...
Absolutely gorgeous writing. It's hard to believe that anyone who can write this beautifully could ever feel overshadowed by other writers (male or female), but there you have it. A truly worthwhile read. Imagine if Betty Draper took up with Jack Kerouac and you've kind of got the picture.
Roiphe’s husband dies unexpectedly and she is terribly lonely. Her daughters try to help her by taking out a personal ad for her. She tries to help herself by going online and using a service. She gets calls and she goes on dates. It is all a tremendous disappointment.Time passes and Roiphe gives up...
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