Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Tales of Growing Up Groovy and CluelessFull Description
From the author of "Kiss My Tiara" comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about women coming of age that for once isn't about finding a date.
Audio and Video
Critical Praise
"Thank you, O Lord, for sending us Susan Gilman's tales in these parlous times. She leads us into, not only green, but merry pastures. She ranges over the days and dilemmas of her generation like Erica Jong over a prairie of libido. She is saucy but tender and capable of stopping you in your tracks with a simile. (The faces of certain old men 'were like crumpled butcher paper.') There's nothing smartass about the Gilman story. If smartassedness raises its head (oh, what a mixed metaphor) Susan is there to lop it off. This is a memoir men should read. It explains a generation that is neither Lost nor Beat, Silent nor Xed, and Susan Gilman is its saucy chronicler." -Frank McCourt
"A deliriously, levitatingly funny memoir...The thread of tough humor working its way through this memoir serves to backlight moments of exquisite realization…and startling, genuine epiphanies."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-Booklist
- Category:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 1/1/2005
- Price:
- $13.99/$17.50
- ISBN:
- 9780446679497
- Pages:
- 368
- Size:
- 5-1/4" x 8"
