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Title: so short of its potential
Review: This book had unbelievable potential and ended up falling flat (and occasionally offensive) on so many levels. The biggest problem is immediately obvious... the author gives each chapter a title corresponding to the man she is interacting with at that time, as opposed to highlighting the corner of the world/piece of history she is exposed to. She consistently appears more driven by her current relationships than her incredible position as witness to world events and the extremes of human lives. For someone to have the amazing experiences she did to have proven as shallow as she seemed time and again was truly depressing. I felt she could have been such a champion for strong women (could even gone with her sexual "liberation" in that spirit) but I had no respect for her at all at any point in the book, other than her incredible dedication to her children at the end.
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