I really, truly thought that the title of the book had just been changed. And the cover art. And the publisher. And the author.
But, no. As if one Scarlet Letter sequel wasn't enough.
This turn of events makes me want to punch myself in the face. Because then maybe I could ignore the heartache. Ag. Ag ag ag ag ag.
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Previously: How NOT to pull me in with your advertising campaign, #24.
But it could not have been easy for her to arrive at such a place, when she begins life as the bastard child of a woman publicly humiliated, again and again, in an unrelentingly judgmental Puritan world.
Because, you know, European culture and history are EXACTLY THE SAME AS OURS. Ugh.
Which makes me think this: "With a brilliant and authentic sense of that time and place" is just a lie.
Why?
Posted by: Maureen E | 25 November 2009 at 10:59 AM
Oh, for god's sake. Really?
Posted by: Libbie | 29 November 2009 at 12:30 PM