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Babysitter at Rest
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
6 posts | 5 read | 7 to read
Fiction. Five stories several as long as novellas introduce the world to Jen George, a writer whose furiously imaginative new voice calls to mind Donald Barthelme and Leonora Carrington no less than Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus. In "Guidance/The Party," an ethereal alcoholic "Guide" in robes and flowing hair appears to help a thirty- three-year-old woman prepare a party for her belated adulthood; "Take Care of Me Forever" tragically lambasts the medical profession as a ship of fools afloat in loneliness and narcissism; "Instruction" chronicles a season in an unconventional art school called The Warehouse, where students divide their time between orgies, art critiques, and burying dead racehorses. Combining slapstick, surrealism, erotica, and social criticism, Jen George's sprawling creative energy belies the secret precision and unexpected tenderness of everything she writes."
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ReadingEnvy
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
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Mehso-so

Suffice to say, this was not really the book for me. Uncomfortable sexuality combined with the surreal. I can see how some would really like it. The four stories in the volume are all made up of much shorter snippets and blurbs that make for a disjointed reading experience, which seems to be the point. Another from my Dorothy Publishing Project pile. Book 2 finished during #24in48. @24in48 #dogsoflitsy

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ReadingEnvy
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I would say if the page pictured here offends you, this is not the book for you!

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gibbsne
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
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Pickpick
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Jana1982
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
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Ooof! Lovin' this collection already.

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Brooks
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
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My Dorothy project collection is almost complete.

Zelma @Brooks 👍 glad to see your here! 8y
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mjseidlinger
Babysitter at Rest | Jen George
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A book that rouses you into reading and writing more.

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