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368 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 1995
“He was there with his wife, an ordinary-looking woman who wore huge, oval-rimmed glasses and no makeup. I remember wondering why so attractive a man would marry this woman, but when we got a chance to talk, I liked her a lot. The Nizhinskis told me they were both fans. Hoopty-doo” (328).
a. Maggie demeans this woman because she doesn’t wear makeup and therefore doesn’t conform to the stereotype of womanhood that society demands. But Maggie herself shuns fancy parties and showiness in favor of raw emotion and realism in her music. So why the judgement, hmm?
b. The phrase “hoopty-doo.” Has anyone ever said this out loud? She also says things like “hooo boy” (50, 398) and “Hooo boy, hoo boy, hooo boy” (65).
Hefted. This other woman carries an “extra twenty pounds” so “a lot of men were overlooking her” (345). So she’s maybe a size 8 or 10? A freak! An abomination!