Review: It's Not That I'm Bitter: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World, by Gina Barreca

This is definitely a book that will be appreciated most by middle aged women. Since I fit into that category, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Gina Barreca, a professor of English and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut, writes a series of short essays about the things women think and worry about. Some of them are about silly things with laugh out loud one-liners: "once we hit forty, women have only about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate." Others consider more meaningful issues, such as the decline of the women's movement. Barreca's essays are funny and thoughtful as well as quick and easy to read.

For anyone who enjoyed Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, this is a must read.

Lorna Rhyins