Cease to Blush

by Billie Livingston

Book Overview

Billie Livingston's second novel leads us to consider the nature of our hidden lives and desires--and to question whether the sky would really fall if we admitted our true needs and ceased to blush.

As Cease to Blush opens, Vivian is late to her own mother's funeral. Wearing a tight red suit, Vivian stands out like a pornographer's dream amongst the West Coast intellectuals mourning the death of prominent feminist Josie Callwood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679313230
• ISBN13: 9780679313236
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

What a great book. The writing is fierce and funny. Fast paced -- it took hold of me from the first page emotionally, viscerally and intellectually. It's a great story and woven throughout, there are some provocative observations about culture and gender politics. What is remarkable is that these things don't beat the reader over the head but instead, nudge and permeate. The characters are believable and vivid,and the dialogue is pitch perfect. Livingston also casts a laser gaze at a world I didn't know I would find so fascinating: the so-called Glam world of 1960's New York, Vegas, LA mobsters, Washington politicians, and the Rat Pack. I loved it.