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Synopsis
Burton combines outrageous humor and inventive form to explore the various roles of women in society by placing her characters in charge of a fantastical museum of womens history occupying twenty city blocks in Buffalo, New York. The museum is under threat of being closed down by the city fathers who cant quite comprehend the visitors fascination with the museums exhibits exclusively devoted to the pains and pleasures of being female; exhibits such as "The Menstrual Show, "The Hard-to-Please Momma," "The Litany of the Clothes," and the infamous "Beauty Parlor." Winner of the 1986 Maxwell Perkins Prize, Heartbreak Hotel maps both the familiar and the uncharted landscapes of women's lives.
Book People
At last, a serious feminist novel that is funny! How can I describe this crazy, goofy, wonderful, provocative book? ...Believe me, if words were tinted, this book would sparkle and fizz in technicolor.