Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless is a unique memoir on Susan Jane Gilman’s own life.

It will strike a nerve in most women born in the 60’s, growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. Gilman writes and recalls with clarity her childhood through adulthood. She describes in detail all of life’s major milestones. In part one the author takes you on an unforgettable journey from her fourth year of life on through grade school years, climaxing with meeting her rock and roll idol.

Part two accounts the awkward transition into rebellious puberty, drinking, smoking, losing her virginity to be in with the girls club, getting a ‘real’ job other than babysitting, and finally going off to college.

In the third and final section Gilman finds her first job as a staff writer for a Jewish newspaper and learns about the faith her hippie parents hadn’t taught her, the separation of her parents’ marriage, and her own marriage.

Her sarcastic humor and reverse spin on everyday life will have you shaking your head agreeing with her, and bringing back those long forgotten memories of your own. You’ll laugh, commiserate, and come away with Gilman’s unique perspective on life. She is a real woman with feelings, insecurities and thankfully a funny bone. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless is sure to make you smile.

Reviewed by: Tracey