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Summary: ... Story
Review: ... Sad story or nice story or hilarious story... I can't tell you that this is a nice story, is a real sad story with a perfect end, that end is why I gave this book the fifth star.
While you read the book you will laugh several times, but laughing on the problems of others is not so good, but I think that many women think like Shelia, since they remember they want to get married, and as Shelia say to her friends, when they are married they want to be single again, so here is Shelia's question: Do you really will change your married life for my single life?
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Summary: Funny as a crutch!
Review: First, let me say that this is a well written book. I guess that's why it so disturbed me. But if you are looking for humor, move on. This is nothing like those Bridget Jones clones. It's really very sad and now I know what all my single friends have been going through all these years (I myself have NEVER been single. 'Always a bride, never a bridesmaid', that's my motto!!) The book is presented as a suicide note and even though Sheila does not "off herself" by the end, it still has no happy resolution, or any light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. The other female characters are by and large, self-centered and unsympathetic, and the male characters----'fugettaboutdem'!
But it's a good book!
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Summary: Funny as a crutch!
Review: First, let me say that this is a well written book. I guess that's why it so disturbed me. But if you are looking for humor, move on. This is nothing like those Bridget Jones clones. It's really very sad and now I know what all my single friends have been going through all these years (I myself have NEVER been single. 'Always a bride, never a bridesmaid', that's my motto!!) The book is presented as a suicide note and even though Sheila does not "off herself" by the end, it still has no happy resolution, or any light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. The other female characters are by and large, self-centered and unsympathetic, and the male characters----'fugettaboutdem'!
But it's a good book!
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Summary: Such a find!
Review: I am so glad this book was re-released for my reading pleasure. A little different from my usual reads, but worth every minute.
Sheila is a 30 something unmarried, unattractive, overweight Jewish woman living in NYC and hating every minute of it. A controlling mother, no real friends and alone in the city that never sleeps. Sheila's answer to her misery is to commit suicide. The entire book is her suicide note to all the people in her life that have caused her pain.
Sheils gets all her affairs in order including her will, the Rabbi to read her eulogy, her cemetary plots, etc and wants to make sure that everyone knows that she died because she was not a married woman.
This is a serious issue but has some LOL moments that will keep you reading until you finish the last page.
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Summary: Such a find!
Review: I am so glad this book was re-released for my reading pleasure. A little different from my usual reads, but worth every minute.
Sheila is a 30 something unmarried, unattractive, overweight Jewish woman living in NYC and hating every minute of it. A controlling mother, no real friends and alone in the city that never sleeps. Sheila's answer to her misery is to commit suicide. The entire book is her suicide note to all the people in her life that have caused her pain.
Sheils gets all her affairs in order including her will, the Rabbi to read her eulogy, her cemetary plots, etc and wants to make sure that everyone knows that she died because she was not a married woman.
This is a serious issue but has some LOL moments that will keep you reading until you finish the last page.
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Summary: 1972 - 2004
Review: I enjoyed this humorous book-- very witty and clever. It's a pre-Sex and the City, pre-Bridget Jones pre-Chick Lit classic.
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Summary: Read it till the book fell apart
Review: I first read Sheila Levine is Dead... about 20 years ago and it is still one of my all time favorite books. My original copy is in shreds; so many times I picked it up just to read bits and pieces. The plot is dated (at least I hope so!), but the humor, the emotions and the day-to-day tribulations of Sheila's life are still right on target. I wish the publishers would reissue this classic.
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Summary: Hi, this is Gail Parent,
Review: I want to thank all of you for reading and reviewing Sheila Levine. I just finished: SHEILA LEVINE IS STILL DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK--RARELY IS THERE A SEQUEL TO A SUICIDE NOTE. It's not out yet. I'll let you know when. I can't believe that there are people out there who still remember the original Sheila Levine. I just reread for the first time in many years and love it too.
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Summary: With a grain of salt
Review: I was strongly urged to read this book by one of my friends, who is not necessarily a women's lib feminist, but nevertheless, all for a single woman's revelution. I finally got myself to the local bookstore and picked up a copy. I finished it yesterday. In so many ways, I can relate to this protagonist. Sheila's family waits, rather impatiently, for her to marry, her friend seems to get all the guys, and she could lose a few pounds. Soon enough, when she hits 30, she is sick of living as the laughing stock of her family - her younger sister is even married and with child. Sheila decides to kill herself. Even though many of the things that are discussed in this book are very true and real, some of the narration was awkward (eg going for an entire chapter telling a story and then addressing the readers, specifically her parents. It seemed choppy and forced in places). I also was dissapointed in the ending, but I'll let you read that and decide for yourself. Overall, 'Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York' is very funny, and makes the reader consider points that probably haven't been discussed before, even though a lot of the events and mannerisms are rather dated.
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Summary: A bit dated, but hilarious nonetheless.
Review: Liz Smith reported today (02/12/04) that "Sheila Levine" is being reissued for its 30th anniversary. So -- where is it? This is a great book, not only because it's a microcosm of what fueled the women's moment in the '70s, but because it shows that women like Bridget Jones and Charlotte from "Sex and the City" have a definite predecessor. It's also full of the kind of snappy, one-step-away-from-Borscht-Belt humor still found on Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. And I will always treasure it for giving me the perfect reason for my lack of interest in lesbianism: "I have no desire to touch you in places I already own." Hee.
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