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Pros

Mary-louise parker is a highly talented writer. She is so eloquent in paying homage to those who supported and influenced her. My favorites include, hey miss girl; dear orderly.

Her writing style is at times literary and always captivating. She lulls the reader into a state of transfixed revery. Right when she gets to the point of rambling, she pulls out some real emotion.

Parker cuts close to the bone, staunchest hemorrhage so, renews limbs with feelings, and brings us all home. I love that parker writes letters. Divulging deep emotions and feelings about the men in her life and her personal relationships with them.



Cons

There wasn't. I think more it was the clinical reporting of various intimate encounters in elevators or public bathrooms that made me feel uncomfortably. I just wish i hadn't sensed a vein of misogyny in so many of them, for example when she tells the...  Read More

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Quality


Liked some stories more than others but a few were of masterpiece quality


A good quality read but not the best


I savored each letter each paragraph and was touched time and again by mlps ability to tenderly and honestly reveal the wondrou...  Read More

Competitiveness


However as clever as the format is by the end of the book i found it getting a bit constrictive editing out a few of the lette...  Read More


One of my favorite reads of 2016

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    dear, written, loved, each and funny.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 376 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 14 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hopefully shell write another book


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Love this book but the manufacturing of the product was awful


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The binding fell apart the 2nd time i read it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Virginia wolfe has got nothing on marylouise parker


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I started reading this book and i get thinking this is a weird style


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is a memoir that is not quite a memoir


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Every emotion expressed here is relateable on some level


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    From the first page marylouise parker hooked me with her sweet funny poignant memoir written as letters to the men in her life

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