Reviews

Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar
- from Basil Papademos (amazon.com)

The word 'Cougar' has joined the modern lexicon and no longer does it just mean our large feline pals. It also mean a woman of a certain age who has a marked preference for becoming intimately involved with attractive and highly sexed younger men. But Myna Wallin's book Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar runs far deeper. On the surface it's breezy and often hilarious - and hilariously honest. But between the lines, there's a nice bittersweet subtext, about how difficult it is to really know someone, to really be with them, and beautifully evokes that poignant feeling when sadness mixes with elation, those moments you know you're expriencing something that will stay with you and you can actually feel time going by, regreting you can't just freeze the moment. Myna Wallin's writing is fluid and easy, like talking with a very funny, very smart old friend, and there are some really great turns of phrase; ie, "it costs too much to be rich." As one friend said to me after reading Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar, "I devoured it." Really enjoyable work and an author definitely worth watching.

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