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If a mad scientist somehow crossed Hunter S. Thompson with Dorothy Parker, the resultant writer stomping across the American scene would be something like Cynthia Heimel. She's smart, she's observant, she's outspoken, and she writes essays that make you bust a gut. You want opinions? She's got 'em. On nearly every subject. She's not afraid to offend. And the weird thing is, she happens to make a lot of sense.
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In 37 columns reprinted from Playboy and the Village Voice, Heimel (Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye) offers her irreverent, confessional, feminist spin on topical and personal matters ranging from the 1994 midterm elections to her friends' midlife crises. Chapters with headings such as "Rush Limbaugh, Blow Me" and "Family Values" are interspersed with short advice columns written in the somewhat more neutral persona of "Problem Lady" and offering brash but sensible tips on relationships and gender politics to troubled, mostly female, readers. Most amusing in this collection are the pieces on life in L.A.; bestseller lists; and her six-odd pet dogs, whose courtship rituals bear an uncanny resemblance to hers (the boundary problems, the pack psychology, the hunting drive). Heimel's neurotic, acerbically funny shtick hasn't changed much over the years. Yet her eye now gravitates toward more mature themes, such as turning 40 and staying in touch with her older children and aged parents.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Good Insight in Short Chewable Chunks,
By monicae (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? (Hardcover)
I liked it. Granted the book was dated but suprisingly, the views were still very applicable. What I got most from the book is how little things have changed in almost 10 years. Heimel states some views about Clinton when he first got in office that could have been made about him now. She definitely is a gifted observer of the human odyssey and condition. She doesn't seem to be able to be satisfied by any condition of life, which as a keen observer of life, is a must (I guess). Sardonic, witty and colorful. Pulitzer prize winning prose...no. Fun and interesting point of view...yes. A good read with some interesting insights.
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