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Title: LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR by Judith Rossner ISBN: 0671019015 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23
Rating: 5
Summary: Looking For Theresa
Comment: The story is a classic is all I can say, and deserves well known recognition for the real truth behind the story that many people can't see because of the excessive sex and swearing that goes on. Truthfully, this is at least one of the best and most intruiging stories I have ever read on all accounts. The dioluge isn't like that of so many other stories, where the characters don't talk like real people but like rich and artiqulate writers with a deadline to meet. Even the relationships and the issues they cover are completely realistic. These things aren't usually pulled off very well by a writer for numerous reasons. But probley my favorite part about Looking For Mr.Goodbar is Theresa *or Terry*. She's the ideal protaganist, really, because she has human faults and human issues, and she's not like the typical good girl hero we are supposed to love through and through. However, she's not particularly bad either. Instead she is caught in the middle going from side to side trying to make sense of where she really belongs.
But I must say that even the ending, which is very depressing and morbid, doesn't leave anything to be desired. In fact, I think it was the perfect and inevitable ending to one of the best books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Rating: 5
Summary: Back To the Future
Comment: It's the 1970's and the world has lived through the sixties and exploded into a one big wild and careless party. The vestiges of responsibility and family begin to tear and no where is it better illustrated than in depicting the life of Theresa. Theresa is a lonely single girl, teaching underprivledged kids during the day and cruising the bar scene looking for love after dark. Living in the shadow of her seemingly fabulous sister, Theresa born the shame of spine curvature (eventually corrected by surgery), the indifference of her parents, lack of friends, and the pain of empty love relationships. Theresa during the day, Terry is her night time persona who takes the young teacher to levels she never dreamed off as the story unfolds. Theresa is at odds with the good girl vs. bad girl images and yet is spurned by physical pleasure and the thought of a lasting and pleasurable relationship. The book's end is shocking and inevitable as Theresa looks for love in all the wrong places. A cautionary tale which rings true today, a copy should be given to every Washington intern.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Penetrating Glance into the Psyche of a Fallen Woman
Comment: Theresa is a teacher by day, and a bar cruiser by night. It's the seventies, and everybody's doing it, and as often as they can. I first read Goodbar a few years ago and have read it a total of 5 times since. It's a haunting story, one that gets into your blood and won't let go of your concious thoughts for days after finishing it. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading about the inner turmoil women face when confronted with situations where their sexuality faces off with their morality. I would also like to point out that the film based on this book and of the same title confronts the issues of sexual independence with stark and vivid imagery. I would recommend reading the book, though, before seeing the film as the book delivers a real kick to the theoretical groin while the movie doesn't delve as deeply into the mind, the heart and motivation of its main character.
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Title:Looking for Mr. Goodbar ASIN: 6300216853 Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 06 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.95 |
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Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith ISBN: 006092988X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Modern Library Classics) by Richard Henry, Jr. Dana, Gary Kinder ISBN: 0375757945 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Story of O by Pauline Reage, Jean Paulhan, Sabine D'Estree ISBN: 0345301110 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title:The Usual Suspects (Special Edition) ASIN: B00005V9HH Publisher: MGM Entertainment Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $18.74 |
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