Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am completely bewildered at the copious stars bestowed upon this essentially shallow memoir. While the rest of us scrimped and saved for early-twenties adventure, our author was way too grand for actual work, attaching herself to her drug running lesbian lover for a life of freebies and 5-star travel. I find it impossible to believe that she was the hapless innocent drug runner that she portrays. Impossible by her own standards, for we are told repeatedly that she is a graduate of Smith, Fast forward, a decade and she finds herself no longer the long-practicing lesbian that she once was - but deeply, passionately, breathlessly teenage in love with Larry. When her past catches up with her, this is where it all turns into a mystery. It appears that her life is only populated with adoring and supporting fans, including unbelievably, Larry's parents. EVERYONE is understanding and loving. She seems devoid of any shame or embarrassment. She never considers that all the support that she is getting isn't radical chic. It's the first thing I suspected. The crushing cost of a top-notch criminal defense lawyer as her case grinds on for a few years apparently doesn't put a crimp on the yuppie New York lifestyle, for it appears that her and Larry have that ever-vague, yet lucrative Manhattan publishing job. Well, she did graduate from Smith. Her time is the clink in one of tedium and menial labor and, of course loads of reading Smith-worthy books - A little R&R on the government dime. Hardly the gulag. Her boyfriend Larry is cartoonish in his devotion. The reader is never privy to an honest transaction between them. He pparently didn't have an ounce of apprehension about her lesbian tendencies and what that would mean for her prison term or having a convicted felon as the mother of his children. Of course her housing needs will be met on her release, for he bought them a pretty apartment in Brooklyn (no small financial feat) to reward her upon her release. Our heroine never once agonizes over how being an ex-con will impact her future, particularly her future employment. In essence this is a story of a spoiled entitled woman, whose story isn't the least bit insightful. Save your money!