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Review: The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe « Jenny's Books — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:43:51 +0000

[…] in, I expected The Best of Everything to be quite like The Group, which I read earlier this year — and it was, in a way. It dealt with young professional […]

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The Group « the stacks my destination — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:40:43 +0000

[…] all about it. I hadn’t thought of The Group in years when Jenny read it (her review is excellent; check it out), but I went right to the MCL website and ordered up a copy for myself. It became one of my Awesome […]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:11:23 +0000

In reply to Martine Frampton. Sorry you didn't enjoy it! I liked it in a lot of ways, but it was so upsetting I don't know if I could read it again.

By: Martine Frampton

Martine Frampton — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:40:18 +0000

I keep reading people rave about this. I got it from the library, realised i had started reading it before many years ago, and within a chapter or two realised why I abandoned it last time. Reading your review I am left kind of glad i didn’t waste any more time on it.
each to their own i suppose
thanks for sharing
martine

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:53:41 +0000

In reply to mee. Yeah, I think it's a weekendy sort of book, rather than something you'd want to read in bed after a long day.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:41:58 +0000

In reply to Care.

*hug* Feminism doesn’t get to judge your choices and ambitions! Feminism (I think) is not about choosing from a feminist-approved list of choices, but about women having the freedom to do what we want with our lives.

It’s a very upsetting book – I would say, read it, but don’t do it on a day when you’re feeling down.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:39:26 +0000

In reply to Jenny. I know! What a crazy!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:36:48 +0000

In reply to Alyce.

I grew up with feminism – my parents are both fairly liberal – but somehow this book was like a punch in the gut of the scary reality of its time. How much things have changed.

By: mee

mee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:44:24 +0000

Upsetting as it might be, it intrigued me even more after I read your review! I just need to make sure to be in the right mindset before I read it 🙂

By: Care

Care — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:18:21 +0000

OK, I’m back – getting a little braver and ashamed of my short no-reaction comments here. I think this book would upset me terribly because it would hit a nerve. and that is why I’m attracted to it, as well. So I *might* put it on my list… I expect that Feminism would think little of my choices and my lack of ambitions. and yet here I am hosting the challenge! Aren’t interesting lives often a set of contradictions? that’s my cop out.