Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Susan Jane Gilman's warm and funny account of growing up a wannabe groovy chick in 1970s and '80s New York is a coming-of-age memoir guaranteed to make you laugh, feel smugly superior and less alone in your life.
From a childhood desperately wanting to be famous to making a fool of herself in front of her teen idol. From dating inappropriate men to gaining street cred as a fake lesbian. And from eager-beaver rookie reporter on a decidedly unglamorous newspaper to tackling the biggest issue of all, The Wedding Dress, Gilman gleefully lays bare her gaucheness, delusions and idealism for our enjoyment.
And Susan's experiences are universal - whether it's coping with mean girls at school, working for a feminist boss who, it turns out, is horrible to the women who work for her, or simply being terminally uncool. Reading like terrific fiction, this entertaining memoir will strike a chord with 20 and 30-something women everywhere.
Format: Paperback | 368 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.9 x 12.8 x 2.2 | 250g
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1863255249
ISBN13: 9781863255240
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some obvious damage to the front cover including a fair amount of creasing, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal (barely visible) creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.