http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 18 May 2026 21:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945&cpage=1#comment-32346 girldetective Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:38:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945#comment-32346 Carolyn, can you elaborate on that a bit? Carolyn, can you elaborate on that a bit?

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945&cpage=1#comment-32340 carolyn Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:33:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945#comment-32340 I liked that book a lot. I liked that book a lot.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945&cpage=1#comment-32278 girldetective Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:30:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945#comment-32278 Thalia, I've not read that book since we read it together, but I recall that the husband, the thinly disguised stand-in for Sheldon Goldberg back then, was not sympathetic, and that we were supposed to identify with the main character, who left him for better sex, since he was all cerebral. In this book, the male character is the more complex and sympathetic, while the pretty, smart young woman has a lot of growing up to do. Thalia, I’ve not read that book since we read it together, but I recall that the husband, the thinly disguised stand-in for Sheldon Goldberg back then, was not sympathetic, and that we were supposed to identify with the main character, who left him for better sex, since he was all cerebral. In this book, the male character is the more complex and sympathetic, while the pretty, smart young woman has a lot of growing up to do.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945&cpage=1#comment-32251 thalia Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:31:43 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4945#comment-32251 well, she has form on writing herself into books given 'the mind body problem' - is that what you meant by this new one being an apology of sorts to husband number one? I've never found any of her other books readable after that one, so maybe I should give this one a try for completeness sake well, she has form on writing herself into books given ‘the mind body problem’ - is that what you meant by this new one being an apology of sorts to husband number one? I’ve never found any of her other books readable after that one, so maybe I should give this one a try for completeness sake

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