And what prompted such an intense response? Well, I was driven back to the summer I was thirteen and tore through romance novels at the rate of one a day - until I found Forever Amber. I found her at a library booksale and her cover had been torn off so she couldn't be resold. (Note to self: must see if KQED posted the audio clip of this interview on their website). I wish Elaine Showalter hadn't mentioned Forever Amber in the interview about her new book, A Jury of Her Peers, that aired on NPR in the Bay Area a few days ago, because the minute she did, I was so distracted by my memories of this book that I didn't hear another word of her interview. A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
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