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Title: Interesting events written uninterestingly
Review: Although I honor Rita Golden Gelman for her intrepid spirit in traveling alone to exotic locales, and although I can relate to her background (I too grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut), I agree with the other reviewers who found her writing banal. I have not yet finished the book (after starting to read it one month ago), though I've tried mightily--because her style makes the most interesting events seem bland and boring. For her next outing, I would suggest Ms. Gelman acquire a ghost writer who is able to describe characters more imaginatively (all of the women in her book have "shiny black hair", and all of the men are "around forty"!)and who can create a more vivid sense of place and purpose.
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