'This story, told with astringent wit, explores every facet and cliché of what it means to grow up female and beautiful. by Alix Kates Shulman RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1995. On a windswept beach, in a cottage with no plumbing, power, or telephone, she began to discover the joys of meditative solitude, developing capacities for thought, feeling, and sensual. Book excerpt: At fifty, Alix Kates Shulman, author of the celebrated feminist novel Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, left a city life dense with political activism, family, and literary community, and went to live alone on an island off the Maine coast. Sad and witty, expertly conceived and executed. At fifty, Alix left a city life dense with politics, family, and literary community, and went to live alone on an island off the Maine coast. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. I only wish I'd found Alix Shulman's classic earlier.” -Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, co-author of The Notebook Girls Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. 'Extremely relevant-I loved it! Growing up female in America forces many to become obsessed with how they look and how others see them, yet these cultural pressures and their effect on young woman are too rarely taken seriously and it was valuable and comforting to read a book that recognizes this and puts it in perspective. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Drinking the Rain: A Memoir at. Typing prowess and wedding-night virginity may no longer be expected, but Shulman's tale of Sasha Davis's struggle to find herself amid conflicting cultural messages about beauty, brains, and sex will be resonant for many more years to come.' -Andi Zeisler, editorial/creative director of Bitch magazine ' Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen is a vivid reminder of just how much- and sometimes, how little- has changed for women in the last 35 years. It's replete with dirty losses of virginity in parking lots and sexy snorkeling, and I highly recommend.' -Lizzie Skurnick, Jezebel 'One of the more fun (explicitly) feminist novels ever written. At fifty, Alix Kates Shulman, author of the celebrated feminist novel Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, left a city life dense with political activism, family, and literary community, and went to live alone on an island off the Maine coast.

Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman