Title: I didn't find it believable or interesting.
Product review: I wanted to like this book -- I really did! I have enjoyed other of Marge Piercy's books and thought I would like this one, since it was highly praised. But I found it implausible. The title character is a woman who sleeps her way through the "underground" without much thought or even gender preference affecting her choices. Call me crazy, but if I thought the whole world could turn on me at a moment's notice, I wouldn't make myself vulnerable to that many people by sleeping with all of them. Vida appears to be dedicated to something, but what that something is, is never made clear. The "cause" she is committee to is never specified and seems to vary depending on who she is hanging around with. I didn't find the main character likable nor could I understand her motives. Guess I was born too late to understand the "radicals" of the 1960s! Give this one a pass unless you are someone who has fond memories of flower power and free love.
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