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Emily Gould
Birth date: October 13, 1981
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Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 6 years ago
"I told Helen my story and she went home and cried." Published in 1950, Our Spoons Came From Woolworths is told in the first person by Sophia Fairclough, who meets and marries Charles in the beginning of the book. Her winsome, stream of consciousness narrative is misleading - the early part of the...
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Silvie's bookshelf rated it 8 years ago
Living in New York as a 20something or 30ish women in today's fast-paced world seems to be almost perfectly reflected in Gould's book. Somewhere between chick-lit and literary fiction, Friendship is the kind of book that makes you think about the future, especially if have no job like the main chara...
Quite Spectacular
Quite Spectacular rated it 11 years ago
I loved this book SO MUCH! It’s definitely one of my favourites of this year. I seem to have had quite a few favourites this year – it has been a good reading year! Anyway, I just feel like I’m on the same wavelength as the tone ofFriendship right now. Despite what that rather youthful picture to yo...
Kate Reads
Kate Reads rated it 13 years ago
I am so ambivalent about this book that I am not entirely sure what to say about it. I hadn't heard of Gould before I bought it, and I bought it because I like young people essays, and the title and cover were kind of cool. I ended up reading this in one sitting, not because it was riveting, but bec...
BookHounds
BookHounds rated it 15 years ago
I will never be a writer. I don't have the ability to expose myself the way Emily Gould has in this series of essays about her life and the publishing world. I had heard of Gawker.com but never actually read anything there unless it was forwarded to me and in a way, I am really glad I didn't know ...
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