After more than a decade of "marriage" to a woman with whom she was raising a daughter, Jan Clausen fell in love with a man, stunning herself and t...
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Mar 31, 2011
Emily
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I can't help but posit that Jan Clausen's memoir was written for a very specific audience (well-educated lesbians who are contemporaries of hers) of which I am decidedly not a part.
The text is very dense and much more erudite and philosophical than I was prepared to expect in her memoir. Clausen ruminates on what it means to be a woman in many different contexts: as relates to her middle-class 1950's upbringing, at a "hippie" college in the Pacific Northwest, in the lesbian intell More...
The text is very dense and much more erudite and philosophical than I was prepared to expect in her memoir. Clausen ruminates on what it means to be a woman in many different contexts: as relates to her middle-class 1950's upbringing, at a "hippie" college in the Pacific Northwest, in the lesbian intell More...
Nov 01, 2010
Kellyann
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Great writing, unflinching awareness of the author's own faults and weaknesses as she analyzes the sexual relationships in her past. But that unflinchingness and honesty can make her hard to sympathize with at times, until you remember none of us is perfect.
Dec 24, 2009
Kate
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A bit hyper-intellectual (I craved more narrative!) but her theoretical reflections and life story were overall very interesting, and they helped me think through some of my own life journey.
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