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In Stuck, the author of the highly praised Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto identifies a rather striking social trend: many people are stuck. Be it in the wrong relationship, the wrong career, the wrong town, or with the wrong friends, some of them even say they want to make a change but … somehow … never get the job done. A self-described “adolescent in size-ten shoes who is also a happily married homeowner with a master’s degree,” Anneli Rufus knows whereof she speaks. In this book, she draws on her own life experience as well as interviews with others who are also—in some way or another, and to differing degrees—immobilized. Tracing the many subtle ways in which American culture often conspires to keep us stalled, Rufus delivers a long-awaited diagnosis for our day and age: stuck. But there can be a light at the end of the tunnel; Rufus also tells the stories of people who managed to become unstuck and of others who, after much reflection, decided that where they are is best. After all, she says: “What looks to you like paralysis looks to others like passion. What looks to you like a rut, others would call commitment, true absorption in a topic, a relationship, a career, a pursuit, a place. What looks to you like boredom, others call commitment. And even contentment.” Stuck is a wise and passionate exploration of the dreams we hold dearest for ourselves—and the road to actually achieving them.
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""If you can convince children that objective reality is an illusion, that A does not equal A, that black is white, and that good is bad, if can make them accept that everything is subjective and relative, then you own them. They will believe any drivel." --Anneli Rufus"
— Karen (4 out of 5 stars)
Stuck Listener Reviews
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" It was a personal dissertation on how she sees other people. Occasionally she has these great points that gets lost in her distaste of how others live. "
— Melanie, 1/16/2014 -
" Well written with mayn great points. I do not necessarily agree on some of the points as sticking points or examples of being stuck. I also felt that some of the examples dragged on and could be condensed. "
— Kerry, 1/14/2014 -
" definitely some things that resonated with me--many things hard to read because they were true... "
— Sunnye, 12/27/2013 -
" Insightful! Will have to read again as a reference book! "
— Liz, 12/20/2013 -
" Just could not get into it...boring. "
— Idiosyncratic, 11/22/2013 -
" sounds more like a personal rant of sorts against classifying alcohol and drug addictions as "disease". the rest isn't particularly scholarly or well informed. this seems like a poorly written informal screed. "
— Adrillew, 10/13/2013 -
" Not a self help book but very intriguing assessment of how we get stuck in jobs, relationships and the past and how we can try and free ourselves and become unstuck. "
— Emma, 9/18/2013 -
" Not as interesting of a social commentary as I'd hoped. AS much as I tried, I could not pick it back up again. "
— Paula, 8/31/2013 -
" She was so stuck in the idea of staying stuck, I couldn't even bear to finish it. I made it halfway. A complete waste of money and time I could spend being unstuck! "
— Sharon, 8/24/2013 -
" Lots to think and talk about in this one. "
— Heather, 6/24/2013 -
" This book was more social commentary than a guide to how to get out of your rut, but nonetheless I did copy the first chapter for my sister. I've contemplated buying it for her, but guess that she'd be offended. "
— Janet, 6/9/2013 -
" I enjoyed this book. I must say at times, she is depressing. yes, the American culture is broken, please come up with some suggestions as to have to make it better! "
— Greg, 12/30/2012 -
" I thought the author was a little "STUCK". I couldn't get through this, found it was dragging, and once you explain "Stuck" you can please stop explaining and move on... she didn't. I took it back to the library and MOVED ON. "
— Summer, 11/18/2012 -
" This book just rambles and rambles and goes on and on about nothing. The book itself is stuck. Maybe that's the point the author was trying to make? Regardless, it's not funny, and I don't want to be stuck in her rut. I'm stuck enough in my own. "
— Warwriter, 11/2/2012 -
" boring could not get into it "
— Trish, 1/22/2012 -
" inbteresting concept and exploration of the topic. Looks at people getting "stuck" in relationships, jobs they don't like, in dramas from the past, etc "
— Michelle, 8/10/2011 -
" Agreed with others that the book did ramble quite a bit. However, I do think there was a point made about not giving in to defeatist thinking, as well as recognizing behavior that's holding one back (staying "stuck") "
— John, 8/6/2011 -
" her writing is all over the place, she jumps around a lot, but her basic message is rad. "
— Nessabella, 6/25/2011 -
" definitely some things that resonated with me--many things hard to read because they were true... "
— Sunnye, 6/16/2011 -
" Agreed with others that the book did ramble quite a bit. However, I do think there was a point made about not giving in to defeatist thinking, as well as recognizing behavior that's holding one back (staying "stuck") "
— John, 4/9/2011 -
" Insightful! Will have to read again as a reference book! "
— Liz, 3/3/2011 -
" Lots to think and talk about in this one. "
— Heather, 9/10/2010 -
" boring could not get into it "
— Trish, 9/10/2010 -
" I enjoyed this book. I must say at times, she is depressing. yes, the American culture is broken, please come up with some suggestions as to have to make it better! "
— Greg, 6/23/2010 -
" Not as interesting of a social commentary as I'd hoped. AS much as I tried, I could not pick it back up again. "
— Paula, 4/27/2010
About Anneli Rufus
Anneli Rufus is the critically acclaimed author of several books including The Scavengers’ Manifesto and Party of One: A Loner’s Manifesto. An award-winning journalist and poet, she has written for dozens of publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and Salon. She lives in Berkeley, California.
About Susanna Burney
Susanna Burney has appeared in a wide range of plays on stages in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Minneapolis, and Seattle. Her favorite roles include Hamlet, Olga in Three Sisters, Mrs. Wilcox in a stage adaptation of Howard’s End, and as the solo performer in Man to Man, for which she was named best actress of the year in the Seattle weekly, the Stranger. She received her BFA in acting from Boston University.