I am the child of a teen mom. Yep, my mother was only 18-years old when I arrived. My father was only a year older. There they were, kids, just starting out in life, and here I came, born on the front seat of my dad’s Ford Fairlane on the way to the hospital.
Wade Rouse is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the memoirs AMERICA’S BOY
December 10, 2010
My mailboxes --- both snail mail and email --- are stressing me out with holiday offers. These days I open my email and see "40% off today with FREE shipping" on at least 10 items. I wonder if I need yet another pair of Levi's jeans, or cookware from Williams-Sonoma or Pottery Barn or the Sundance catalog. And these are just the non-book offers. I find myself feeling that I am woefully behind on ALL things holiday and out of breath just from reading email. I open my mail with my finger on the delete key poised to hit it.
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Elizabeth Rosner is an award-winning poet and the author of two bestselling novels, the most recent of which ---
There are good gifts and there are bad gifts. Well maybe not bad gifts exactly. I mean the idea that someone is gifting you is pretty good no matter what, but some gifts undoubtedly fall short of the mark.
You know the ones I mean. The ones where you open the package and go "Mmmm - Ohhhh - uh - thanks. I uh really love it."
Kelly Simmons is a former journalist and the author of STANDING STILL<
In today's post, regular contributor Denise Neary shares a book club "bad fit". We've all experienced these I think. For me it was a woman who came to my independently owned bookstore/cafe bookclub carrying a Starbucks and a library book. Weird, right? Denise's "character" is also a bit weird. Gotta love 'em AND leave 'em!
