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Less about yoga and more about trying to make sense of life, Poser offers Claire Dederer's wry observations about family and the struggles of the self. The author uses self-deprecating humor as she opens her personal history to explain how she reached this moment of being a not-young young mother and stressed-out writer, and why yoga lures her with its promise of calming her angst-y soul. A funny and poignant memoir, Dederer's Poser strings together words in beautifully unexpected ways.
I am not a yoga-phile, but despite the title of Poser, that doesn't change how enjoyable, poignant and funny it is! Claire Dederer's memoir captures the zeitgeist of what it's like to be a new mom of a certain age in Seattle. But even that doesn't convey the essence of this book, which is a wonderfully written and self-effacing story of one woman's struggle to make peace with ALL the parts of her life. Truly an enjoyable read!
A total hoot, especially for anyone who has slogged through graduate school or who spends his/her days in the ivory tower. James Hynes has created a triptych of short stories that poke fun at academic culture while scaring the bejesus out of readers. Great fun!
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Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer
LDP, January 3, 2012
Less about yoga and more about trying to make sense of life, Poser offers Claire Dederer's wry observations about family and the struggles of the self. The author uses self-deprecating humor as she opens her personal history to explain how she reached this moment of being a not-young young mother and stressed-out writer, and why yoga lures her with its promise of calming her angst-y soul. A funny and poignant memoir, Dederer's Poser strings together words in beautifully unexpected ways.Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer
LDP, September 1, 2011
I am not a yoga-phile, but despite the title of Poser, that doesn't change how enjoyable, poignant and funny it is! Claire Dederer's memoir captures the zeitgeist of what it's like to be a new mom of a certain age in Seattle. But even that doesn't convey the essence of this book, which is a wonderfully written and self-effacing story of one woman's struggle to make peace with ALL the parts of her life. Truly an enjoyable read!Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror by James Hynes
LDP, November 21, 2009
A total hoot, especially for anyone who has slogged through graduate school or who spends his/her days in the ivory tower. James Hynes has created a triptych of short stories that poke fun at academic culture while scaring the bejesus out of readers. Great fun!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)