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Chargement... The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin Countypar Cyra McFadden
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. If you don't remember the 1970's, this book will just be stupid. However, if you do remember that unfortunate decade with all its pretensions, and especially if you remember it in the California Bay area, this book will keep you laughing from page one until the end. I realize this is probably a niche market for the book, but for me, it was a fun read during a rainy weekend. Ik registreerde een boek op BookCrossing.com! http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11041619 I personally thought this book is hilarious. It has changed from a contemporary satire into a time document, but it's still funny. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A humorous account of The liberated life in Marin County, California, featuring an average couple, Kate and Harvey Holroyd, who belong to the Sierra Club, attend Mozart festivals, ride bicycles ... until they plunge into a world of Creative Divorce Groups, macramé, lentil loaves, Personal Growth, enzymes, whip fantasies, natural fibers, and "Staying Mellow at All Costs!" Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Although The Serial was written as a satire, the joke, which is an inside joke to anyone who grew up in Marin in the 70's, is that so much of what Cyra McFadden pokes fun at actually happened.
As a transplant from Southern California, I arrived in Marin in 1973. And it was a happening thing. The constant jibes at consciousness raising, environmental awareness and BEcoming were something integral to life in Marin.
McFadden uses much poetic license in describing the "interrelationships" scene of that time. The irony is in the core of truth behind her story. I watched my friends parents go through wild changes and never batted an eye.
At age 16, I enrolled in est, Erhard Seminar Training, for personal growth and because it was de riguer. Much fun is poked at the consciousness raising movement but it was deadly serious.
I thoroughly enjoyed McFadden's sense of humor and her attention to detail. Especially the walk down memory lane of historical places in Marin.
Ultimately, I had to reflect upon why, when I left California, people I encountered from the rest of the world thought I was such a fruit loop. A great read. ( )