by larc 32 Replies latest jw friends
larc,
I read the book. It does have a different slant. I found it at the local library.
. I think it is because she is very honest about her life style and the traditional writers probably consider her too deviant to support. At any rate, I think you would find it to be a good read, if you already haven't done so.
I enjoyed reading the book, but my impression of her was somewhat of a "loose" person.
TR
Edited by - TR on 28 January 2001 0:41:37
hey tr,
She did seem to be somewhat "loose".
Please elaborate upon your speculation?
waiting
Waiting,
I new I'd create a response on that one. Well, it's been a few years, but what I remember is that she had casual sexual relationships.
TR
TR, mention loose behavior and you're dragging a fresh herring infront of a hungry salmon...Old leather face will snap like a sculpin after fresh eggs! You got her pegged!
candyman
shut.up.carmel.
hey tr,
Perhaps if she'd had as many casual relationships and been a heavy drinker like Ernest Hemingway, she'd be a better author? Even have her own furniture design?
It's a thought to be pondered.
A man will marry a woman because he needs a mother he can communicate with. Martin Mull
She didn't get along well with her own mother, perhaps this is one reason she didn't marry so soon?
Every woman needs at least three men: one for sex, one for money and one for fun. Bess Myerson
waiting
Waiting,
Have you read the book? I am going back to get the book from the library and reread it, but as I recall she loved her mother very much, and after some wild times, she got married. Well, in a couple days I'll let you know if my memories are correct.
hey larc,
Been a while - but I was under the strong impression that there was a lot of conflict growing up, which can go along with love. Her mother was perfect jw sister. Her father not in org. Lots of competition between mother/daughter - particularily when bethelites would come over to visit. Mother stole the show, the perfect hostess, flirting, the whole thing. Her mother and she treated her father shabbily, even in her own estimation. Her mother didn't work, but would invite the bethelites over on a regular basis for dinner, being a charming hostess with the food that her worldly husband provided. Then she put her husband down for being "worldly." Rather small minded, imho.
Perhaps being a mother & daughter, I read too much into it, but I don't think so. She did marry, had a daughter, didn't she? Had been out of the wts for years when the elders came knocking at her door. She had dated one of them years before, wasn't he a CO? Anyway, it was quite odd & cold. I'm going from memory here, so don't ask for quotes.
The mother/daughter was a sideline of the book, imo. I liked it because it was from a woman's viewpoint. I don't believe she wrote it pretending to be a historian, just one who's lived it. As for looseness? Damn, wish I'd done it!
waiting
ps - I'll ask my son to get it from the university library - great library. Thanks for the lead.
Waiting,
Perhaps if she'd had as many casual relationships and been a heavy drinker like Ernest Hemingway, she'd be a better author? Even have her own furniture design?
Quite possibly.
TR
Waiting,
I agree with your last comment. I wish I would have had all the fun she had.:)
She struck me as a very strong, forth right woman, who grew up through the concrete and survived. I would love to have her in my home and be able to talk to her for hours.
larc,
I would love to have her in my home and be able to talk to her for hours.
Barbara was doing a book signing a few years ago (I believe somewhere in Chicago) and two ex-JWs from a email group I was on attended. They introduced themselves as ex-Witnesses, and she asked them to stay until the signing was over. They talked for about an hour afterwards, and enjoyed meeting her. They also inquired about a reprint of Visions of Glory and she said others ask about that too, but it's up to the publisher. The publisher is Simon and Schuster, if any are interested in letting them know. I'm sure they have a Web URL that could be used for contact.
JAVA, counting time at the Coffee Shop
Edited by - JAVA on 29 January 2001 7:54:8
