Jane Fonda recently made news by saying, "I guee old age is hard, but it's youth that is really hard. People forget how brutal it is to be a clueless twentysomething." I thought of this in reference to "Slow Motion," a memoir by Dani Shapiro. The story Shapiro tells is relatable; it's just about being dumb and reckless in one's twenties. Shapiro is a student at Sarah Lawrence when she finds herself sleeping with her close friend's married father; this guy is a pathological liar and a powerful lawyer, with his name in NYT stories and flashed across CNN screens. Shapiro soon loses her friend, and she drops out of college; she is going to "become an actress." This doesn't go well, but at least the powerful lawyer is forking over huge sums of cash. Also, Shapiro's parents seem not to care about Shapiro's behavior. There is really only one moment of parental interest, when Shapiro's mother says (after years), "Just tell me ...