num_pages: 9
description: "Based on the belief that there's more to women's lives than just getting a date, Gilman's stories tell of struggling to get a life and a clue-- and engaging in some spectacularly demented behavior along the way. Whether she's an uncool white kid in a tough Puerto Rican neighborhood twirling around in her tutu, a teenager chasing rock stars, an ambitious cub reporter realizing there's more to the world than her own navel, or a feminist bride-to-be unexpectedly finding nirvana in David's Bridal Salon, Gilman's memoir is so engaging it reads like the very best fiction. At turns heartbreaking, insightful, and screamingly funny, it uniquely chronicles a generation-- and heralds a talented writer of note"--Container.
language: English
title: Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless
titlecomplete: Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless
genres: Essays, Chick Lit, Short Stories, Biography, Comedy, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 7924
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.