Title: a guilty pleasure that resounds with humanity
Product review: the cover of 'group' reads like dominick dunne goes to psychotherapy. what the book actually does is move beyond the superficial 'fabulousness' of this hand-picked group and explore those very human pains that cause these 3-dimensional people to do irrational and destructive things. as the members 'take on' their lives, their experience becomes a universal experience. solotaroff gives us the opportunity to feel compassion for all seven of the people (therapist included)even though you as the reader, and perhaps solotaroff himself, might not even like them. and he transforms the idea of group therapy from the arena of psychobabble self-absorption to a place that answers a primitive, human need to express oneself and to care for others. i felt like a participant in the group and found myself rooting for each member as they attempted to reactivate. it read like a 'whodunit' but it was more like a 'who's going to "just do it".' it was very enjoyable.
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