It is not often I find a book that actually makes me feel connected to it in a strange, unusual way: but Straight Up and Dirty by Stephanie Klein is one such book. I finished reading it this week, and have to say, it probably was the sign from God that I needed. The book itself fell into my lap at the perfect time; and if I had to pick my LC Book of the Week from an entire library, I’d pick this one, week after week.
I will admit that at first, I was reading along and thinking to myself, “This girl is really no different than me or the rest of the single ladies out there. What’s so damn special about you, Stephanie Klein?” As I continued reading the book, there were moments when I related to her stories so much, I felt as though she had been observing my life and documenting it and calling it her own. This memoir is crafted from the heart, and each story of love and loss that Klein experiences will make every woman out there, single, married, or divorced—feel inexplicably linked and connected. She has been called the Carrie Bradshaw of the blogging generation, but quite honestly, it was refreshing to hear Klein describe the details of her heartbreaking experiences with dating, sex, pregnancy, abortion, and the disintegration of her marriage while she is in her twenties, on a normal woman’s salary, one that does not have Patricia Field as a stylist and a closet full of Manolo’s.
Thank you Stephanie, for a wonderful read, which helped me, as well as some of my girlfriends…sometimes knowing another person has felt the same way we have is enough to get us back in the saddle again—even if we are riding off all alone, untamed, and uninhibited.
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