She is desperately in love with a married man, until of course she isn’t, when he becomes single again. We see her hop from one bar to another always surrounded by the creatives and artists du jour. She is also absolutely determined to live life to the fullest. It’s the 1950’s, Sally Jay’s hair is dyed pink and she is never in the appropriate outfit for the occasion.
Her Uncle Roger has kindly funded this on the promise that when she’s home, she won’t tell him anything about it. The Dud Avocado follows the story of Sally Jay Gorce a young American woman who is living in Paris. From what I’d heard, it promised to be a boozy whirlwind of a book, full of joie de vivre, and most importantly, quite the opposite to how I felt at that moment. My eyes settled on The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy. A few days into the new lockdown regime, I browsed my bookshelves for something to read that would bring me cheer. This first post comes out amidst global uncertainty, so if there’s ever been a time where I have relied on the escapism of books, it’s now.
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