Tag: family
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January 09, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
I'm currently reading Prep A Novel by Curtis Sittenfield (sp?), and have to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It is the girlie version of "Catcher In The Rye" - but much longer and . . .
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June 19, 2007 03:23 AM EDT --
There are few memoirs that can compare with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The story begins as Walls is on her way to a party in New York City, traveling by taxi down from her Park Avenue apartment. . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Gather Member Martin Edhouse has crafted an enchanting children's tale for adults in his new book, The Exotic Adventure. This story, like so many stories from childhood, centers around a competition; . . .
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September 07, 2007 08:25 PM EDT --
Fiction is my passion, but really good, gripping fiction is hard to come by. I don't mean action adventure; not my style. Give me a story about real, fleshed-out people, not flat . . .
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January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . .
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February 19, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
So Long A Letter is a series of short letters written by Ramatoulaye, a woman in West Africa, to a childhood friend. The letters are a series of memories and reminiscences that cover the choices . . .
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January 22, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
Just a quick note on this memoir by Augusten Burroughs.
Hilarious.
But don't read it if you are homophobic or scared of crazy people.
Don't say I didn't warn you...
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April 27, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
After playing hooky one day in 7 th grade to read Gone With The Wind , Karen White knew she wanted to be either Scarlett O'Hara or a writer. In fact, Karen's grade school teachers had encouraged . . .
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August 20, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
This wonderful young adult (YA) story follows the adventures of Arnie Carver (the adopted name of Thayne Davidson Miller III), a 13 year old boy, This son of billionaires adopts his new name (suggested . . .
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February 06, 2007 06:08 PM EST --
Crab Cake & Pepper
by Frank Weaver, Jr.
Reviewed by Aaron Paul Lazar
Author of the LeGarde Mystery Series
Crab Cake & Pepper is more than a folksy yarn about a boy and his dog. It digs . . .
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May 04, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
A compilation of short essays about the relationship between in-laws.
I'd first heard about this book at a course my mother takes (she snuck me in) given by a woman who discusses the books she's . . .
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June 05, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
Whether you choose to start your own book club, sign your child up for the reading program at your local library, or subscribe to an online children's book club, the benefits of children reading during . . .
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July 09, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
(yes the title is not in caps on the cover of the book)
Author: judy budnitz
Four generations of women - great-grandmother, all the way down to great-granddaughter. The family originated . . .
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March 29, 2009 03:05 PM EDT --
The Only True Genius in the Family
Jennie Nash
Berkley Books
ISBN: 978-0-425-22575-2
There’s a temptation to pass this book off as merely superior chick lit, and in some senses, it does contain . . .
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April 16, 2009 12:39 AM EDT --
Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me
Alice Pung
Plume
ISBN: 978-0-452-29000-6
There’s something about the tale of a new immigrant that allows us to see our own world in a new . . .
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May 23, 2008 03:36 AM EDT --
About the Author/s
April Robins is a story telling Diva who writes with her family members for their company, Robin Falls Children's Stories. She is the author and writes . . .
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December 30, 2007 01:01 AM EST --
I got the nicest gift from my daughter-in-law, Celeste, for Christmas. She had a quilt made for me with the words Grandma in the center and my four grandkids names beneath (Austin, Eli, Sarah, . . .
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May 12, 2007 12:30 AM EDT --
Have you ever wondered why people make the choices they do? Sitting down with Beryl Singleton Bissell's fabulous memoir, The Scent of God, is like sitting with a good friend over coffee, . . .
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July 29, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
This "behind the scenes" book about the cut flower trade was recommended to me by Scott Kunst, owner of Old House Gardens, to help get me through the long, cold, gray flower-less days of a typical . . .
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January 11, 2009 08:39 PM EST --
The title of the book I want to tell you about is Rhode Island Blues, written by Faye Weldon and published in 2001. Since my failing eyesight limits me to reading mostly large print books, . . .
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