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Title: One BAD Birthday Gift..................................
Review: A well-meaning (presumably) friend presented this book to me on my birthday. Why, I am not entirely certain, except that the author and I are of the same general age, and I do like autobiographies and nonfiction, as a rule.BUT....... This was one dreadful read. I confess to not having made it through the entire book, but I gave it my best try. I swear I did. In my opinion, Ms. Maynard's writing style is annoying as all get out: flat, uninteresting, one-dimensional. It is hard to believe she makes her living as a writer, although in all honesty, I haven't read anything else she has written.This seems to be a book written as a vendetta of some kind. Mainly against Salinger, but also against everyone else who has also "wronged" Ms. Maynard (and there are MANY!). I didn't enjoy it very much at all.
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