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Pamela Jean
, August 13, 2012
I read this novel when it was first released. I was fresh out of graduate school, drifting like an untethered skiff with no anchor. Total angst. It was eerie, how did this author know my deepest internal state so intimately? I wasn't doing drugs, but I lived a public facade that I had purpose and meaning in my life. In reality, I was carried along in currents created by outside sources, and I had no input, much less control. I was waiting for life and purpose to just magically happen to me. I was so naive and without life experience. No role models, no one taking me under his or her wing. Kate Bravermen just held a mirror up to my angst-ridden existence. I saw myself in this book and could just disappear in its pages. I decided to grasp life, take control. This book was cathartic for me. I always kept a copy, re-read it frequently, finding more in it with each immersion into its dreamy prose. I recommend it highly. I got it because it was on a last page list of editor's picks in the NY Times Review of Books. The title alone intrigued me. I was not disappointed. In Hurricane Katrina, I lost my large library of books, vinyl records, eclectic movie collection. Glad I found it on your site. Eagerly looking forward to reading it again.
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