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more about #shelfpleasuring NormaDesmond: Okay, I totally thought this was a DIFFERENT book that I stole off my parents' shelves, I'm terribly with remembering names. Which brings me to the p... more » whynotshesaid: I totally just PaperbackSwapped this shit. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! more » Tart of Darkness: Her book "Bedrock" is pretty good, too. NY liberal, open-hearted mostly married woman wants to escape the rat race and buys falling down house in sma... more » emilyanne: and one final point - it has a chapter called Blue Balls in Bibleland, how can you not love that... more » emilyanne: Oh and also Lizzie, I too loved Rona Jaffe, particularly Class Reunion - maybe these books got more play in the UK - i don't know but I read both Kinf... more » emilyanne: oh wow this book totally transfixed me at 14 years old. It was also so American and odd to me, growing up in England. I loved it. I still reread it so... more » jenvegas: I have read this book so many times the cover wore off. I am super excited to know that someone else, somewhere has read it too!! more » squirrelcop: Great to have you back, Lizzie! I will try to find a copy of this as I can't believe I missed it. Your mention of her character playing football remi... more » midwesternmom: I used to make my boyfriends read this book so they could understand just how stifling small town high school could be. Alther hit all the dating ritu... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Wasn't that Sixteen Candles? The flower wreath and Jake Ryan? Yeah? more » rocknrollunicorn: Gonna have to read this since I loved books like Wifey and The Women's Room. Did you read any Norma Klein? That's like Shelf Pleasuring meets Fine Lin... more » girl.of.your.dreams: Ooh, this sounds fantastic. I'll have to check it out. And The Women's Room is one of my favorite books. You can find 50 cent copies at most used book... more » Leela Is an Amazon: Lizzie, the Molly Ringwald movie you're thinking of is Sixteen Candles, not Pretty in Pink. They all kind of blur together into one big John Hughes m... more » J.D.Regent: Aw man I gotta get it for my mother in law. She owns everything Marge Piercy has ever written. more » FashionShowAtLunch: Wifey! That was my first, um.... yeah. more » kelsium: I haven't read this, but I'm going to put this sub category of chick lit on my summer reading list, since it comes so highly recommended. The only thi... more » gherkinfiend: I remember reading this when I was about 14, sneaked out of my parents' book collection. I was fascinated with the American-ness of it all growing up ... more » token_illiterate_commenter: Porche 924 not Trans Am. Important difference. more » kelsium: LIZZIE! How I've missed you! Okay, now I will read the article. more » -
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Kinflicks: Coming To Rest
It's time for another edition of 'Shelf Pleasuring', in which we revisit the sexiest books we stole off our parents' shelves. Today, Fine Lines proprietrix Lizzie Skurnick writes about 'Kinflicks', Lisa Alther's 1976 spine-teaser.
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