Her daughter, Salome, is a novelist who replaces writing with a husband, two children and two lovers. Sally's story is the most lively, compelling and credible, perhaps because she is Jong's contemporary. Sara, her offspring, is the palest of the four, hardly more than a sketch of a '90s Gen-Xer. Some of Jong's other devices are less successful. The early dialogue is often wooden and unconvincing.
Any little hen can make chicks.
Being a woman gets you married and buried. Sarah's speech is peppered with anachronistic language that wrenches us out of the past. Jong is an energetic and passionate writer who infuses her material with wit and wisdom. Her unabashed eroticism will please some, while her obsession with celebrity will irritate others. When I say light, I mean Sally's eyes.