The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner

 

This is just a quick review of a book that was not a Netgalley read for me, but I did obtain a free copy for subscribing to Simon & Shuster's Off the Shelf newsletter.  The only catch? These freebies are available on the Glose application or website only.  Personally, I do not recommend reading books this way. (For entertainment, read the reviews on Google Play.) This is a long book that took me even longer than usual because--Glose. Glose aside, I'm really glad to have had the incentive to read this book.

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Rachel Kushner's writing is awesome. Her prose pulls me in so well that I can keep reading the finest, most stunning details. I didn't always know where this story was going, but that's because it's more of a becoming than a story. There are many stories included in these pages, but the main protagonist is a strong young woman coming into her own, against a backdrop of a burgeoning woman's movement and a changing global climate in the late 1970s. 

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This title is not available in ebook format at my local library, but there is a hardcover edition, with no waiting list. I'm thinking out loud here, regretting my decision to tough it out online. Just sayin'.