Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories by Dani Burlison

Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories Reviews

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  Amanda

  This book was really a pleasure to read - I'd read some of Burlison's work when perusing McSweeney's, and I always felt that mix of "I should never bother writing anything again because this person does it SO well," and "I want to read more." I got more, so much more, in this little collection of stories that tug at the heart, make you laugh, recoil, question changing your outlook on any number of things, but overall admire this woman who has put herself into so many situations and come out the other side, willing to tell the tales. We're lucky she did - a great read. Highly recommend!
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  Jasmine

  Women pick apart other women from head to toe or ignore them completely even though they've met, like, seventeen times.
  
  This was an absolutely brilliant, funny, real and sometimes relatable collection of essays and observation about life, parenthood, new age practices and taboo subjects people don't usually talk about.
  
  Part anthropological research on new age practices, part memoir with humorous and often brutally honest self-reflection, Dani's writing is conversational and easy to follow, making this a real quick and somewhat enlightening read. This really isn't the sort of thing I would usually pick up, but when I saw it sitting all lonely and unread at the Library I thought I would give it a shot- and I'm really glad I did. A classic case of not judging a book by its cover I suppose 😊