From Booklist
Suzy Zeus fled Indiana for New York, where she indulges every naughty whim and adores her "manly boyfriend" Harry. Suzy Zeus is a streetwise goddess, a sexy, wisecracking superhero, and a babe with attitude until her waitress gig gets her down, Harry breaks her heart, and she fails to find sanctuary in church. Robbins is a New York psychotherapist and librettist, pursuits that shape her irresistible, saucy, singsong novella-in-verse, a bravura performance with the cigarette-and-cocktail purr of Kim Addonizio and the irony and outrageousness of Patti Smith. Robbins uses a simple and mesmerizing rhythm, playful rhymes, gum-snapping humor, and glamorous eroticism to hypnotize the reader as she shifts stealthily from classic men-are-jerks routines to a deep and resonant inquiry into neurosis, depression, and spiritual angst. Suzy Zeus is actually a soulful woman on a quest for meaning and goodness, and she, like every mythic hero, must descend into the underworld before she can fully appreciate life's complexity and splendor, and the true nature of love. Robbins' debut is fresh, clever, and provocative.
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Naomi Wolf
"Maggie Robbins' Suzy Zeus is a deadpan dead-on character--nobody's nice girl--whose life in hypnotic verse is boldly told. Powerful, dark, and hard to forget."
