Bibliofemme: Extras
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The One That Got Away
When we set up Bibliofemme we made a rule that the person whose turn it was
to pick a bookclub book should not have read it in advance. The idea was
that we would all embark on the same unpredictable adventure in reading the
book and that people would be encouraged to take chances with books they
might not otherwise have picked. The rule works well (sometimes the worst
books provoke the best discussions), but it does have one major drawback:
every so often one of us inadvertently reads a book that we wish we had kept
for a bookclub choice. Hence the establishment of this new Bibliofemme
website section: The One That Got Away. Now we can let you know about the
books we wish we'd read with the femmes, and maybe you can bear them in mind
when picking a book for your own bookclub.
Happy reading!
The Writer
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
During Biblical times, the red tent was the place where women would gather during menstruation and childbirth. In the Red Tent Diamant brilliantly recounts the rituals that occur in the red tent, the place where women can truly be themselves. The Techie tells why it's her One That Got Away…April 2005
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
This startling, mysterious and passionate story was Keri Hulme's fiction debut but nothing she has published since has managed to come even close to eclipsing The Bone People's extraordinary power. The Historian tells why it's her One That Got Away…March 2005
The Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Every now and then one of us reads a book we wish we'd kept as a bookclub
choice, but rules are rules. Jacqueline Susann's cult classic The Valley of the Dolls is The Writer's first One That Got Away…February 2005
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