Top Ten Reasons Why I Liked Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses better than Eat Pray Love
The author of Poser, Claire Dederer:
1. had humble financial worries vs. a six figure book advance.
2. didn't need to circle the globe to have an epiphany.
3. would not be played by Julia Roberts in the movie version.
4. unlike Elizabeth Gilbert, does not have a grating, ingratiating narrative voice.
5. didn't hit up her friends for donations.
6. had amusing observations about the pretentiousness of the yoga world.
7. didn't feel the need to impart to the reader every compliment a man ever tossed at her.
8. used the word "dyad" in a sentence.
9. begins the book with a wry description of the obsessive, eco-rightous style of mothering that emerged at of the turn of the millennium.
10. does not begin with an account of locking herself in the bathroom and crying on the floor.
The author of Poser, Claire Dederer:
1. had humble financial worries vs. a six figure book advance.
2. didn't need to circle the globe to have an epiphany.
3. would not be played by Julia Roberts in the movie version.
4. unlike Elizabeth Gilbert, does not have a grating, ingratiating narrative voice.
5. didn't hit up her friends for donations.
6. had amusing observations about the pretentiousness of the yoga world.
7. didn't feel the need to impart to the reader every compliment a man ever tossed at her.
8. used the word "dyad" in a sentence.
9. begins the book with a wry description of the obsessive, eco-rightous style of mothering that emerged at of the turn of the millennium.
10. does not begin with an account of locking herself in the bathroom and crying on the floor.
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