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Title: Come on, Alison, snap out of it !
Review: I choose this book because I saw that Alison Rose has been a contributor to the "New Yorker" magazine, and thought this might be a stimulating, inspirational book for other aspiring writers. Instead, it is the sad story of someone with apparently many capabilities and talents who has spent her life hanging on to others (mostly men) for her identity. There are no photographs of Rose (except for, presumably, the one on the dust cover) or anyone else who has been in her life, which is frustrating. Instead, she spends quite a bit of time telling us how incredibly attractive (and talented) she is by quoting what others have said about her. It is also rather appalling that a woman who is now 60 years old continues to refer to herself as a "girl".
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