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Based on the belief that there's more to
women's lives than just getting a date, Gilman's stories tell
of struggling to get a life and a clue-and engaging in some
spectacularly demented behavior along the way. Whether she's
an uncool white kid in a tough Puerto Rican neighborhood twirling
around in her tutu, a teenager chasing rock stars, an ambitious
cub reporter realizing there's more to the world than her
own navel, or a feminist bride-to-be unexpectedly finding
nirvana in David's Bridal Salon, Gilman's memoir is so engaging
it reads like the very best fiction. At turns heartbreaking,
insightful, and screamingly funny, it uniquely chronicles
a generation-and heralds a talented writer of note.
SUSAN JANE GILMAN has
written commentary for the New York Times, Ms.,
US, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
Winner of several literary awards for her fiction and essays,
she is a native New Yorker who currently lives in "rent exile"
in Washington, D.C.
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