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been rereading since. Still a good story! More thanbut less thanideally, Seems really dated in terms of the LGBT content, and I thought she really overdid the main character's world weariness we get it! but much of the insight gained in the therapy relationship felt right.
That growth was lovely to watch, Only got a few chapters in, Blech. Couldn't finish. I like books that make me feel my feelings, but this one is a lot about women's feelings that goes really really slowly and.
. . I don't know, I just couldn't take it, This is one of the few books in my life that I've put it down without reading to the end, I read this many years ago, In fact, it is one of the handful of books I've read several times, It portrays depression and recovery well, I liked the characters and their interaction, I originally read this book in the late' or maybe early's when I was in my's now in my's I still loved it.
Though it is a bit dated I think the story has held up well, Caroline really annoyed me when I was a twentysomething I think I understand her better now but there were still parts when I wanted to strangle her.
I hope to reread some more of this author soon, I read this when I first went to Salem State College, I liked it because I used to devour everything about therapy, But I identified with the main character trying to be a good person and a crisis fixer, At, I am realizing there are people one can never fix, And sometimes we must do the loving act of letting go, in order to take care of ourselves, This is not a book I would have picked up to read if it weren't the selection of my book club, Sometimes that works out great but not in this case, This story was just boring. It follows a character from her first visit with a therapist through her last, The POV alternates between the client and therapist over a period of several months, Caroline, the client, is a single mother of two preteen boys, She's a people pleaser to such an extreme extent that it leads her to therapy, The process of therapy, delving into Caroline's major relationships from infancy to midthirties, simply did not interest me, I didn't feel engaged with any of the characters or their issues,

The story is well constructed and Alther is an able writer, Good humor in places. There's nothing at all objectionable in the book, the two star rating is only an indication that this was not the book for me.
Glancing through the other reviews it seems that some readers connect strongly with the story so if you're interested in the therapeutic process and following someone who is on that journey, or if you are interested what life is like as a therapist, this would likely be a good story for you.
I have loved this book, I have LIVED this book in many ways, It was originally recommended to me by my therapistyears ago, There were two aspects of the story that resonated for me at the time and I remember still, First is the therapeutic relationship between Caroline, the main character and her Psychiatrist Hannah, I was beginning in therapy following a hospitalization, I was overwhelmed, frightened, anxious and wanted to know "how this will work, " Alther's narrative was a comfort to me, In addition, I was a beginning to weave on my first small loom, Although I was not at the level of Caroline, the depiction of weaving, provided another entry into the story for me and further connection to main character.
It was, for me, the first steps in understanding role art would play in my own journey to healing,

Women younger than me might find the book dated, but I believe it still has much to offer, Certainly interesting. . and a good read.
Thankx Lisa Alther What a nice surprise, When I started the book and realized it was about a woman going through therapy I figured I would getpages in and then give it up.
I ended up really looking forward to the therapy portions of the story, Odd, because I don't read selfhelp books and I am on the fence about therapists, The woman seeking therapy is a lesbian and I usually find that lesbians in books are there

for the male readers entertainment,

Caroline has had several longterm relationships fizzle and decides to see a psychologist because she is having thoughts of suicide, Hannah has been through some tragedy in her own life and became a therapist after having a great wxperience with her psychologist, The back and forth between these women was tense, funny, and touching, I didn't find the therapist as overbearing or causing more problems like they do in other books, I also didn't find the sex scenes to be gratuitous,

Really touched me a really profound relationship and Im sure I will read again when I feel like I might need to.
Incredible vulnerable and relatable at least for me no judging please! I wrote my Master's thesis on this novel, I loved loved loved it,

Every woman, in any situation, should read it, I liked this book. The story was about the relationship of a young woman and her therapist, However, I was not pleased with the particular edition I read a Signet edition way too many misspelled words, incorrect grammar usage, typos and poor punctuation.
I found these flaws very distracting from the enjoyment of the read, I did really appreciate the therapy process and could read this book again, if only for the insight into the human psyche, I related very much to this woman's particular issues and found many "aha" moments reading about how she dealt with hers, I bought this book second hand a while ago and stored it with my lesbian library,
I think I actually bought the book twice, and I think one was a signed edition, but the type was tiny, so I rehomed it.
As I should.
The story was a great one, Full of promise. A psychologist and her patient and it looked into the lives of both, It provided fabulous insight into the working of therapy and I certainly learned a lot from it!
The story however seemed to drag.
I understand the metaphor of it takes a lifetime to form these habits and they won't disappear overnight, But I found it very repetitive, especially toward the end,
The writing was lovely, the analogy of the weaving was wonderful, I liked the women in the story and their friends,
I found the children and former male partners half drawn but that could simply be a matter of where the focus lay,
There were some lovely quotes in there in regards to motherhood and children growing older:
'Half the house empty and unused, the ghost limb of an amputee'
'They felt frantic during the chaos, lost when it was over'
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. boring old forms could sometimes carry you through the turmoil and deposit you on the far shores of contentment'
As a plant person, my favourite quote regarded plants in the home, 'there were so many plants in the house, it was like living in an oxygen tent'.

Beautiful descriptions. Literally, it was like living in a thinker's mind,
My only criticism was the ending, . spoiler alert. It just dragged and dragged and dragged until it go to the point I lost any interest in whether she left her partner, hooked up with the shrink or walked off into the lake with stones in her gumboots.

I was disappointed about that, I wanted to care. I wanted to be invested, Maybe, instead, the therapy worked on me
I loved this book when I first read it and have loved it each time I've read it since.
It traces a depressed woman's route through therapy to finding some sort of peace with herself, I found it very inspiring at the time as well as being a very good read, Too much navel gazing for me, At first I enjoyed the whole shrink/patient interplay, I liked the concept of transference and other psycological terms but after a while the whole book just dragged, By the end I didn't really care if Caroline was suicidal or not, Read for LGBTQ Book Club, and I think that was the reason why I kept expecting more of a torrid affair between Caroline and Hannah, instead of an intense psychological journey through their pasts and problems.
Erm, it was interesting Repetitive, which I felt couldve been edited out, but I suppose the whole point was that processes repeat in the therapy cycle.
A lesbian who goes to therapy reads a book about a lesbian who goes to therapy Revolutionary,

I really liked the development of this book, If you read the reviews, a lot of people mention that the book starts to drag after a while, But therapy in my experience is not a one shot deal, It drags. You feel better and then you fall down again, It takes a long, long time to rewire your brain when you have spent a lifetime of thinking you are bad, worthless, etc, etc. spoiler alert that point is proven all the way to the very end, when Caroline worries about getting lunch with Hannah, She knows that if she goes to lunch, she can never go back to therapy with her because the relationship would have changed, She feels OK now, but what if she needs to go back That struggle we see shows the nature of therapy or therapy in my experience.
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