PositiveThe Star TribuneAs she cherry-picks among the overgrown branches of her full life, the reader must guess when certain events took place, or lift clues from the occasional accompanying photo — many of them flattering images of the author ... Country Girl is a curious effort, one that sometimes seems to prompt more questions than it answers ... Laced with O’ Brien’s characteristic lyricism, the first two parts of the book paint an almost magical picture of a fanciful girl given to creating dramas out of her mundane surroundings...But the latter half is both flatter and flightier, as if she is less interested in recalling her days as a renowned thrower of groovy soirees during London’s swinging ’60s and ’70s.
