A cutting satire from 1972 was an unexpected find….hilarious and oh-so-relevant today

My review of Gail Parent's 1972 novel Sheila Levine is dead and living in New York and Sarah Rose Etter’s Ripe, from 2024, first published by Newtown Review of Books Content warning: suicidal ideation GAIL PARENT Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York; SARAH ROSE ETTER Ripe. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart Content warning: suicidal ideation Over 50 years …