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Summary: A fresh voice on young women
Review: I just finished Vendela Vida's enlightening book, Girls on the Verge and highly recommend it. Her melliflous writing style and quirky vivid metaphors made this book a treat to read. It was refreshing to read a sociological type book from a literary writer who was not assuming a sociological position
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Summary: Intelligent, insightful, witty,entertaining - a great read!!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book - couldn't put it down. Vendela Vida is a gifted writer whose style allows you to feel as though you were there when she was experiencing these unique and interesting situations described in the book. Vida provides an insightful look into a number of fascinating cultural practices as well as human nature itself in all its variations. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Interesting reading...could have been more insightful
Review: Vida covers some of the major American rituals young women complete on their path maturity, such as sorority rush, debuting, quincinera, and marriage, and some more obscure ones that fewer women participate, such as Wicca and the Burning Man festival in Nevada. Her anecdotes are often well-written and insightful and worth the read--especially the opening chapter about sorority rush, but the analysis of the events and what they mean in terms of coming-of-age for women in America is not as fully developed as it could be. The chapter on quincinera could have focused on more areas of the country for a broader view of how this ritual affects Hispanic girls, and the chapter on Wicca seems out of place without any comparison/contrast to other, more "traditional" coming-of-age events. Finally, the chapter on Burning Man, while entertaining, seems completely out of place. Ultimately, each of these topics could have been developed into individual books, and perhaps should have been. As a whole, they provide an introduction--albeit an unsatisfying one--to what seem, on the surface, to be fascinating events.
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Summary: Entertaining and thought Provoking
Review: Vida's book was excellent. I picked up this book and immediately bonded with some of the girls in her various chapters. As young women we are constantly trying to figure out where in the world we belong, Vida explores this issue in an openminded, witty and well versed manner. I would reccommend this book to any woman
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