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About Patricia Volk
See more books from this AuthorIt’s a time machine laden with long-lost physical objects...a meditation on the plastic possibilities of womankind and a very special treat.
Read Full Review of Shocked: My Mother, Schiapare... | See more reviews from NY TimesMs. Volk's delightful book draws you in right at the start with a scene familiar to many a young girl...
Read Full Review of Shocked: My Mother, Schiapare... | See more reviews from WSJ onlineI cannot tell you...how much fun this memoir is to read. Volk has caught something of Schiaparelli's surrealist approach to art...
Read Full Review of Shocked: My Mother, Schiapare... | See more reviews from NPRShocked is rich in quirky, affectionate details like that extravagant gift wrap, and amusing family photos...But on a deeper level, Volk's concern is with the options open to pre-feminist women.
Read Full Review of Shocked: My Mother, Schiapare... | See more reviews from NPRShocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me is a brilliant thing, well considered, well wrought, and wonderfully well written.
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