Reviews
What really makes this book a good read is the way Baggott allows her readers to get into her characters' feelings....She kindly allows one to care about how each character reacts to one another., Carol Dawson author of The Mother-in-Law Diaries I couldn't put this book down. Girl Talk's hilarious, relentless truths are well-served by its author's tough lyricism. Baggott trains a stern and tender eye onto our cultural markers, using them to signpost her lively trek toward the revelations of love -- lost, rediscovered, and most satisfying of all, unconditional., For Baggott, cosmic irony is always in the details, the absurd gap between self-knowledge and behavioral excess. Baggott's brand of witty psychological observation is dark and corrosive...she has a knack for finding the oxymoronic in any situation., Jill McCorkle author of Carolina Moon and Crash Diet Girl Talk is a wonderful story. I was hooked with the very first sentence and yet was never actually sure where the story would lead. What I was always certain of was that I was in capable hands. The subtle twists and turns are remarkable and the characters, especially the mother, are vivid and memorable. This is the work of a very talented writer. It was a pleasure to read., USA TodayWhat really makes this book a good read is the way Baggott allows her readers to get into her characters' feelings....She kindly allows one to care about how each character reacts to one another., The New York Times Book ReviewFor Baggott, cosmic irony is always in the details, the absurd gap between self-knowledge and behavioral excess., And it is Girl Talk-- a breathless novel that manages to be both funny and bleak, poignant and bitchy--that will make Baggott famous., "And it is Girl Talke" a breathless novel that manages to be both funny and bleak, poignant and bitchye"that will make Baggott famous.", And it is Girl Talk- a breathless novel that manages to be both funny and bleak, poignant and bitchy-that will make Baggott famous.
