I try to make a point never to give up on a book, but this on was just too painful and frustrating. It has a really cool picture of Lilian Gish on the cover, and sounded interesting from the blurb but, well, it wasn't for me. Full of stories about whiny, obsessive, neurotic, vacuous, smug or pathetic women, it made me want to bash my head against a wall. Maybe I'm placing myself too highly by stating this given the previous sentence, but I really couldn't relate at all. ( )