'The Stud Book' review: Despite slow start, mesmerizing observations on life and motherhood

... emptied out after dark and drank in dive bars where nobody asked their age." Now those same dive bars have morphed into yoga studies and the dollar movie theaters charge six bucks. Their men seem flummoxed by middle age, uncertain in their roles. ...

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