Sunday, November 29, 2009

Please Excuse My Daughter by Julie Klam

This is a memoir about the author's privileged life growing up in New York as the daughter of a mom who cared more about shopping and gossip than her daughter's education.

Once she reaches adulthood, she is faced with the real problems that come along with...well, adulthood.

I had little, ah, make that NO sympathy for the author - she complains about her three week honeymoon to Italy, comparing it to a POW's experience in Vietnam. Really?

The ending and what the author learns about herself is mildly redeeming, but just mildly so.

She's a good writer, but the complaining became rather tiresome.

1 comment:

Dave Kawaye said...

Hey E!

I have decided to read one book a month for 2010 (I don't read unless absolutely necessary like for a class or something...even then I don't read the whole thing). Em sent me your link and I wanted to know out of the bazillions of books you've read, which do you think I might like?