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This is a thrill-a-minute, rollercoaster, pull-your-hair-out, sweaty, frustrating, sexually charged piece of work. It would be worthwhile reading for anyone who has ever had an obsessive twinge in a relationship--and especially for those who couldn't do a break-up cleanly and efficiently. Lots of fun!

Pick this book up and it will be difficult to put it down. This is a strong memoir, and one in which I felt like I'd learned a lot, which is something you might not be able to say about some memoirs (you may learn a lot emotionally, or not, but I felt as though I learned a lot on many levels with Poster Child: in terms of writing, in terms of physicality and embodiment, with dashes of theology and splashes of the technical writing that Emily seemed to wield effortlessly whenever it was needed in the narrative to explain things biological or physiological or just how mechanisms work that aid movement and mobility). Looking forward to where Emily Rapp goes next!

This book is so many-layered and so stylistically exciting and literarily intense...it's my new favorite book of the moment.

A satisfyingly drawn-out, resolutely detailed and delicious read, filled with characters so rich and colorful that you want to continue on their journeys with them even after you finish the book. The darkness is always at the edge of these pages and the story feels deeply honest, and telling, in an almost uncomfortable way, about Americans and the rugged individualism that seems to propel them/us.

The three stories braided so expertly in this book are rich in plot, imagistic, and absolutely gorgeous, worthy of being read aloud. An incredible book!

Whether you've ever lived in Los Angeles or not, you'll be able to taste the air, the ocean and the difficulties that L.A. poses to its residents. Poetic and sharp, this book--subtitled "An Accidental Memoir"--engages with the senses and delves deeply into the sharp lines between living in the City of Angels and the rural New York home the author's family escape to. Bottom line: amazing prose!

This story has the usual Hemingway prose style I've come to love and respect, but has the added bonus of gender-bending characters and lots of sex. This semi-autobiographical book is a treat--yet another kind of feast for the senses that Hemingway knew how to provide.