2005 book 93

susan jane gilman's hypocrite in a pouffy white dress
this was a pretty hilarious memoir of a woman who grew up in new york in the early 70s, was a social outcast, had a wacky family, and so on. but every time it seems about to get cliched, gilman cracks wise and it's all good again. the stuff on her childhood and adolescence is perhaps more poignant and funny than the stuff on her job working in washington, but it reads well on the whole. i definitely recommend this one for summer reading--it's mostly nice and light and laugh-out-loud-y.