Title: Not what I expected
Product review: I bought this book on the advice of a co-worker thinking it would be a reference book for writers; I was surprised to find it to be more a personal story with writing references buried within.The author Lynne Truss, a British woman, writes well but injects an ever so slight hint of aristocracy and snobbishness toward the masses. In one particular story, she relates receiving a pen pal letter from an 8th grade girl from Detroit. The girl's writing was juvenile and poor and Ms. Truss replied in a condescending manner to put the girl in her proper place (grammatically). Ms. Truss states she feels bad about doing so, but reading between the lines, one senses a triumphant pleasure in telling that American girl how she borders on illiteracy.If you think this book will be a ready desk reference and aid you while writing, think again and look elsewhere. If however, you want an easy read with personal anecdotes of one woman's obsession with punctuation, this book may be for you.
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