I think it was 7th or 8th grade, 8th probably, that I read this book after finding it in a box in my mother's basement. It sounded funny from the dust jacket, and I picked it up and figured, well, since I'm reading it, I might as well use it for an outside-reading assignment currently underway in English class. I'd love to know what my teacher thought about me after reading my journal. It'd probably explain a lot. The plot is simple enough to grasp; a woman, Cassie, is an alcoholic, and between I think it was 7th or 8th grade, 8th probably, that I read this book after finding it in a box in my mother's basement.

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It sounded funny from the dust jacket, and I picked it up and figured, well, since I'm reading it, I might as well use it for an outside-reading assignment currently underway in English class. I'd love to know what my teacher thought about me after reading my journal. It'd probably explain a lot. The plot is simple enough to grasp; a woman, Cassie, is an alcoholic, and between her bratty kids, an abusive husband, a disconnected lover, and an utterly unsympathetic mother, has been driven to depression and currently resides in an otherwise benign mental hospital. The story chronicles her sessions with a disingenuous shrink, a manic-depressive (we'd say bi-polar these days) friend also in the psych ward, and various friendly nurses who sometimes help Cassie make it through the day. Topics are dark and sometimes very real in the uncomfortable sort of way that I imagine makes book editors worry and publishers dive for that bottle hidden in the bottom of their desks.

Yes it's dark, cruel, and harsh the world that Burditt portreys, but so is the one we live in. The only nod my teacher ever gave me was that the book 'sounded familiar.' I suspect it was a rather popular fixture in women's lib in the late 70s, but in asking my mother why she bought it, she can't remember. Brand Activation Awards 2009 Silverado. I do know that it was riotously funny the first time I read it, and nearly as good with each successive reading. Patch 1 2 Ita Neverwinter Night 2 Review more. In fact, I've just bought a copy on Amazon so I might read it again.

It's been out of print for twenty-two years, and it's not to be found in a library, so if you want to read it, I have two suggestions. Get a good friend and have a chat 2. I'm giving it five stars. It might not live up to them, but it has a fond place in my memory and I crib lines from it often. If you loved (and related to) 'Norma Jean the Termite Queen,' you'll love this book too. Same era (the 1970s); same situation (depressed suburban housewife).