In this collection on life as a twentysomething in the twenty-first century, Kathleen Rooney writes about love and longing, poetry and plagiarism, ...
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Nov 14, 2010
Mark
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Kathleen Rooney accomplished one of the more difficult feats of book-craft here, and that's the creation of a book that reads as readily and intuitively as confessional storytelling while still avoiding the chronic "too-much-information" pitfall this implies. Admittedly I don't read much work like this in general, but its quality was obvious from the first page and didn't let up. Rooney lets the reader in on interesting slices of her life, providing tangential rather than head-on det
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Mar 22, 2010
Mary
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Just when I wondered if maybe, just maybe, this book was only for women in their twenties, my mother (56) whipped through it in two days' time. Granted, she was trying to get well-informed on the scandal revolving said book, to get what she calls, “the angle nobody else had.” However, my mom gets from this book the same thing that I do. When I ask her what to write in the review, she said, “How many ways are there to write ‘it was really really really good?’” So there. In slight elaboration so t
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Feb 16, 2010
Brandon
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These essays may have been written in some other order, but the order they are arranged in is perfect - the forms build upon the last, new techniques she uses are introduced and then just placed in as part of her writing tool-kit later.
All the stories are great. "I Will Catch You" is damn good fun, an interesting teacher's perspective I've never seen voiced before.
"Did you ask for a happy ending?" is so saturated with a simple sadness I almost couldn' More...
All the stories are great. "I Will Catch You" is damn good fun, an interesting teacher's perspective I've never seen voiced before.
"Did you ask for a happy ending?" is so saturated with a simple sadness I almost couldn' More...
Mar 05, 2011
Ashley
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I'm a twenty-five year old woman living out her quarter-life crisis in Chicago. Kathleen Rooney's essays are remarkable not only for their beautiful cadences and their stark honesty, but for the incredible amount of courage it must have taken Rooney to provide the public with such an intimate glance into her inner life. I'm glad she did; I've rarely read a work that made me feel better-understood or less alone.
Aug 19, 2010
Mickey
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“This book offers a firsthand account of the Brazilian experience. It quickly emerges as something more, however. Something well-researched and fascinating. Kathleen Rooney, a vibrant and stunning author, delivers a more insightful and thoughtful book than Larry Rohter. Take that, Larry Rohter.” – Mickey Hess
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Jun 08, 2010
Nicole
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I both loved and loathed these autobiographical vignettes. Often, I experienced both emotions in a single essay. Rooney's voice would pull me in, make me a coconspirator. Then it would push me away, alienate me as I judged her (too?) harshly.
She's young (26) and she sounds it. I imagine her future works will, like wine, get better with age.
She's young (26) and she sounds it. I imagine her future works will, like wine, get better with age.
Jan 21, 2010
Chris
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Aug 25, 2010
Kristin
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In lieu of a long-winded review, I'll just say that I will willingly read everything this girl publishes.
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