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Our abilities in attention
and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries
we know very little about and do not actively participate in and yet have a profound effect on our lives
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time
Social scientists have shown that we make sweeping inferences and judgements based on body language
Love and Shame and Love Condition:Very Good Our abilities in attentionAlexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss of the family, retreats into books; paternal