The Abortion

Recommend this to those who enjoy Tom Robbins style writing. Exaggerated characters, but still endearing and fun, with a sense of humor. Brautigan has an amazing gift for the written word.

There are so many politics involved with the issue of {{gasp!}} abortion now that people have forgotten what it was like before it was legal in this country. Leave it to Richard to bring it so poetically into focus. And the library? I think, some day, I shall drive cross-country to leave a book on the shelves... perhaps one I have written on leaves from raspberry bushes and placed into a...more

There are so many politics involved with the issue of {{gasp!}} abortion now that people have forgotten what it was like before it was legal in this country. Leave it to Richard to bring it so poetically into focus. And the library? I think, some day, I shall drive cross-country to leave a book on the shelves... perhaps one I have written on leaves from raspberry bushes and placed into a quart jar. One that once contained mayonaise...   hide