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Title: Too Airy-Fairy for Me
Review: I was hoping this would be a rich journey of a woman finding herself in the larger context of the world vs the rather narrow confines of "woman's role" in America. I couldn't read far into the book before giving up. The author seems prone to emotional excess which even she can't explain. Clingy with her new love after her divorce, she whipsaws between ecstatic closeness and what amounts to clinical depression on an almost day-to-day basis. Some chemical problem she was born with that causes her misery? In her place, I would just have had fun for as long as it lasted. Then moved on to the next phase--and perhaps man--in her life. This strikes me as a woman who isn't very grounded, but seeks outside support of various stripes in the hope she will finally feel okay. Sadly, I quickly just didn't care whether she felt okay or not. I'm sure she is talented enough in putting sentences together, but I didn't feel the book had any substance. Many apparently loved the book--no idea why.
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