Inside Madeleine, Paula Bomer
Inside Madeleine, Paula Bomer
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Inside Madeleine

Author: Paula Bomer

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2014


Synopsis

From the author of Nine Months, which Marcy Dermansky called deliciously, dangerously rogue, comes a powerful, daring collection about the curious, complicated relationships girls have with their bodies, with other girls, and with boys. A young anorexic girl comes to terms with her changing body while lying in the hospital; Polly deals with her unwelcome puberty whilst falling prey to peer pressure in the suspenseful vein of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; Marys nice-girl attitude is challenged when she begins a job at a psych ward; two best friends discover the power of being beautiful and young; Madeleine discovers menstruation and the power that comes with it; a kinky sexual relationship turns into a dangerous obsession. This eagerly awaited book seethes with alienation, lust, and rage. Its even more daring and accomplished than Bomers first collection, which Jonathan Franzen described as like being attacked by a rabid dogand feeling grateful for it. This is some of the rawest and most urgent writing I can remember encountering.

About Paula Bomer

Paula Bomer is the author of a novel, Nine Months, the story collections Baby and Inside Madeleine, and the essay collection Mystery and Mortality. She lives in Brooklyn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Herman on November 12, 2020

Some bits are really good and gross but all the stories are the same......more

Goodreads review by Jessie on January 01, 2014

Dark, smutty, and unflinching. Bomer is able to capture some of the slipperiest, most convoluted emotions with dagger-precise turns of phrase. No one writes "bad" girls better.......more

Goodreads review by Thelma on May 31, 2014

Paula Bomer's collection of stories and a novella is fierce, funny and filthy. The author of "Baby" and "Nine Months" is not your people-pleasing fiction writer. Her prose is crisp and clear and propulsive but she never pauses to ask: is it pretty? Do you like me? Some of her characters may be doorm......more

Goodreads review by Richard on June 25, 2015

Wow. One of the most compelling authors out there today, she takes so many chances on the pages, isn't afraid of the taboo or controversial. A fantastic collection of stories.......more

Goodreads review by Marian on July 08, 2014

I really disliked this collection of short stories. Often movies fall flat because the characters face simple problems that are tidily resolved, leaving a state of unrealistic bliss. These short stories suffered from a contradictory problem--everything was so bleak! By no means do I feel that fictio......more