But if that's what you're looking for, Wendell says, you shouldn't be ashamed. Wendell and Tan use their literary criticism chops with abandon, throwing around ideas like "heteronormativity" and the "Jungian shadow archetype" to prove there's more to romance than sex and escapism. "If you've read it, you've read a romance novel."
Ever read Pride and Prejudice? It's one of the best there is, she says.
What's that, you say? You'd never pick up a romance novel? Think again, says Wendell, you probably already have. Their new book takes a loving - and yes, sometimes catty - look at the world of romance writing. The book leapt into her quivering hands like a rutting stag! It claimed her mind in a punishing embrace! Yes, dear readers, this gently reared young public radio host had just discovered Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels.Ĭandy Tan and Sarah Wendell blog about all things lurid, turgid and heaving. She told herself she had to resist its charms, but to no avail. The devilish book - so tempting, so shiny and brightly colored - lay invitingly on host Rebecca Roberts' pristine desk. Outside NPR's office, it was a quiet spring day, but inside, a savage tempest swirled.
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