tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842999.post116113688530317680..comments2024-02-19T03:19:27.277-05:00Comments on Book Cannibal: The Friend Who Got Away, edited by Jenny Offill & Elissa SchappellBookCannibal9http://www.blogger.com/profile/14615469374819040342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842999.post-87528634948925215652016-07-28T20:45:19.152-04:002016-07-28T20:45:19.152-04:00I loved the book, The Friend Who Got Away. It actu...I loved the book, The Friend Who Got Away. It actually helped me immensely when one of my long term friendships ended. It is a well written and very engaging book. <br /><br />I was surprised ( a little), by the seemingly sarcastic comment of the women on the plane who commented to the reviewer, "Are you reading THAT?" I guess a number of people don't like to admit, even to themselves, that there was that one (or more) friend who "got away".<br /><br />Anyway, great book . I loved it.Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842999.post-1161201535170473322006-10-18T15:58:00.000-04:002006-10-18T15:58:00.000-04:00This book sounds really interesting, although I wo...This book sounds really interesting, although I would never have picked it up before I read your review. I love Katie Roiphe however. Her book Still She Haunts Me, a fictitious account of the life of Lewis Caroll, is one of my top ten favorite books ever. Thanks for your comments on my Special Topics Review. That is so cool that you got to meet the author.unicorngirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234978438986070266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842999.post-1161185665999824052006-10-18T11:34:00.000-04:002006-10-18T11:34:00.000-04:00That's interesting that you wished for younger voi...That's interesting that you wished for younger voices - it was sort of refreshing for me to read about older women (and in the case of Beverly Gologorsky, MUCH older women) because the stories of women in college and in their twenties are so much like my own life, and there's still this hope that the estranged friends will reconnect later in life.<BR/><BR/>Not that I don't like to read about myself, or people who have experiences like my own, but it was interesting to see that older (and supposedly more mature) women act just like little girls when it comes to losing a friend. They are just as shy and scared. You just want to scream at them, "talk to her, call her for god's sake, it's been twenty years!"<BR/><BR/>The older women's stories are that much more tragic and depressing. I'm such a masochist.<BR/><BR/>But that won't happen to us, right? We won't harbor a secret longing for twenty years, right? We'll never have regrets, or keep our feelings to ourselves, right? Right?BookCannibal9https://www.blogger.com/profile/14615469374819040342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842999.post-1161148109713520502006-10-18T01:08:00.000-04:002006-10-18T01:08:00.000-04:00If only you'd had my UNCORRECTED PROOF! Did you s...If only you'd had my UNCORRECTED PROOF! Did you see it when I was reading it? It's not orange. It's like, blue, with photo strips on it a la "same sex and the.." you know.<BR/><BR/>It was depressing cuz at the end I was like "holy shit, all my friends are gonana get married and change and leave me forever." I think they shoulda had more young voices in thtere.<BR/><BR/>I liked "Torch Song" too, but I LOVED the Dorothy Allison piece. It kinda reminded me of my story! hehee! (the "new york stories' story?) I made Hav read it on the airplane to georgia, i think. Somehow the Kate Bernheimer story stuck with me too, and I loved "Emily" and "It Felt Like Love" and "Want" (Hav liked "want" too).riesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.com