It does this while exposing the way young adults can be uniquely and destructively self-absorbed. What this book does well is explore the way theater life was (is?) a haven for people who didn’t fit into a set of social rules that allowed for limited self-expression. This little bit of mystery kept me extra alert while I was reading and I enjoyed that even if it reminded me of the “How I Met Your Mother” premise. Throughout the novel, each man introduced in the story could have been the father, each relationship could have been the one in question. It’s structured as a letter from the narrator to a woman who wants to know about the narrator’s relationship with the father. The book is about losing your innocence and learning about friendship and making mistakes and learning that sometimes, apologies aren’t enough. degree and ends up working in her aunt’s theater in NYC instead. I like her.Ĭity of Girls is the story of a young woman who doesn’t cut the mustard when it comes to being an upstanding east coast daughter sent off university to get her Mrs.
She’s a morning page writer and actively works to champion Black women. When I read Big Magic, I ended up taking pages of notes and writing out lots of quotes. But when I listened to Eat, Pray, Love, it grabbed me and I now regularly use the film as an example of story structure. It’s too easy to like her, too easy to enjoy so many things about her and part of me is cautious. I’ve been a little hesitant to hop on the Liz Gilbert train. Read on to find out why! City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
All of this to say, “I read a bunch of books in March.” I had gotten into a bit of a slump, but 84, Charing Cross Road in particular pulled me right out of it. My reading mojo returned in March, perhaps the sun woke it from a winter slumber.
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