Hypocrite in a Poufy White Dress

By Susan Gilman
This book is wonderful.
It’s a coming-of-age memoir, taking Susan from her childhood in a rough neighborhood where she and her brother got the crap beat out of them regularly to Switzerland where she and her husband moved for a couple years for his job. It’s laugh-out-loud funny in spots, incredibly poignant in spots, and it’s almost impossible for me to talk about it without lapsing into terrible cliches (as you’ve seen here).
However.
The cover has a picture of a little girl dressed like a fairy princess except for big, ugly combat boots, and that really sums up the book, in my opinion. You can probably tell from the cover if you will like it or not, and that’s a good thing.
(Book 31 in 2005)