BUYING THOSE ‘BRIDGES’

My, my, my! Such a tantrum! Imagine getting paid for airing one’s private demons! Pauli Carnes, free-lance writer, hated “The Bridges of Madison County,” and evidently believes that this small 171-page gem of a book is going to viciously rip apart untold numbers of perfectly good marriages by causing hordes of aging housewives to run off into the sunset with hordes of aging National Geo photographers!

It says here that Carnes doesn’t read much fiction. Such a pity. Fiction can have a soothing effect on reality. Sounds like Carnes could use some soothing. Here’s my advice to her: Chill, dear. Life’s too short for all that vitriol. Force yourself to read more fiction. It might improve your disposition!

LAUREL HALL, WHITTIER