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In Praise of Messy Lives by Katie Roiphe
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I really enjoyed several of the essays. And I loved parts of several of the essays. But as a whole, the book felt a bit disjointed, and after a while I felt like I was getting the same themes over and over, and reading the same old rant time and again. She's an impressive wit and a deep thinker on a range of topics. She's perfect in 10-minute doses, one insightful essay at a time. After a whole book's worth, she starts to feel like work.
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