Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!sophie From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.books,net.singles,net.women Subject: Re: Reading Material Followup Message-ID: <1843@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 09:39:46 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.1843 Posted: Wed Aug 21 09:39:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 11:32:27 EDT References: <1804@reed.UUCP> <3328@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Reply-To: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 32 Xref: utcs net.books:2180 net.singles:8646 net.women:7048 In article <3328@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> sommers@topaz.UUCP (Mamaliz @ The Soup Kitchen) writes: > >Don't remember who wrote "The Woman's Room" but it was very popular (and >sort of trashisized by the media) a few years ago. The author of "The Women's Room" (I think that this is the exact title, but am not going to fight over it) is Marilyn French. One of my favorite woman writer is Margaret Atwood. My favorite work of hers is "Lady Oracle", which is the story of a woman who writes gothic romances and gets herself into strange trouble. What I like the most about Margaret Atwood's stories is that her stories ar not "clean": the characters all have their problems, and they get themselves into messes which are usually more fantastic than real-life messes, but just as hard to get out of without loosing face. Another one of my favorite contemporary authors is Alice Walker. I have only read "The Colour Purple", but that's certainly enough to immortalise her (or whatever it is that happens to famous authors..). I recommend this book very strongly. It is the story of the entire life of a black woman from adolescence on, as told by letters she is writing, first to God, then to her sister. I really can't say more except that readers shouldn't get discouraged by the beginning of the book, which is awful (the story is awful, not the way it is told); Things get better after about 1/3rd of the book. I can't remember whether the original request was for works of fiction only or not. If not, I do have quite a few more recommendations (well, fiction too). -- Sophie Quigley {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie