The Celibacy Club, Janice Eidus, City Lights Books, 1997
This is a group of short stories that look at life in the 90's, at our culture, and our present-day obsessions.
Among the stories are: Elvis living in the Bronx and dressed as a Hasidic Jew; a woman falls madly in love with a Nautilus exercise machine; Barbie goes to group therapy because her publicist says so; a young girl makes friends with a mermaid; what happens to a teen actor after his show gets cancelled; an adult writing student has a sexual relationship with his female teacher; one night, in bed, she suddenly dies because of a weak heart; a male screenwriter starts fooling around, only to find out, purely by accident, that his wife is also fooling around. The title story is about a club/therapy group for people who choose celibacy.
I really enjoyed this book. The stroies are very easy to read, and they're the sort of situations that could happen to anyone. The author does a good job at putting the reader right in the middle of the story.
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