"Tangoland" was my favorite story out of this collection. The others got repetitive: a pithy observation about Life, followed by heavy drinking at the Chateau Marmont. Babitz's characters all seem to have a love/hate relationship with Los Angeles; the distinction between author and narrator is fuzzy.
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kerry rated The Year of Magical Thinking: 2 stars
kerry rated A heartbreaking work of staggering genius: 4 stars
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius by Dave Eggers
From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It …
kerry rated The memory keeper's daughterThe Memory Keeper's Daughter: 3 stars
The memory keeper's daughterThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The multi-million copy bestseller, Kim Edwards The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and …
kerry rated Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: 4 stars
kerry rated The Memory Keeper's Daughter: 3 stars
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his …
kerry rated In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto: 4 stars
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
A nutrition-oriented analysis of industrial food production, a presentation of the baleful consequences and suggestions for undoing the damage.
kerry rated The Year of Magical Thinking: 2 stars
kerry reviewed Black Swans by Eve Babitz
Review of 'Black Swans' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
"Tangoland" was my favorite story out of this collection. The others got repetitive: a pithy observation about Life, followed by heavy drinking at the Chateau Marmont. Babitz's characters all seem to have a love/hate relationship with Los Angeles; the distinction between author and narrator is fuzzy.
