Author of many short stories and three novels --- including THE FOUR MS. BRADWELLS released in March --- Meg Waite Clayton is riding a wave of true success. Below, she shares a touching letter of appreciation for the many things her mother has taught her --- from bottom-wiping and packing boxes to self-respect and never losing hope.
Photo: Meg and family in their earlier years.
Paul Sweeney
You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
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Paul Sweeney
Lorna Jane Cook is the author of three novels, the latest of, OUTSIDE WONDERLAND, is now available in bookstores. Today, she reflects on the first stories she ever told --- and the woman who encouraged her to dream even bigger.
Johnny Carson
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
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Johnny Carson
An anesthesiologist, mother and now author, Michelle Au knows a thing or two about changes and balancing acts. In this special post, Michelle discusses the inspirations behind her forthcoming debut THIS WON’T HURT A BIT (AND OTHER WHITE LIES): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood, which will be released May 11th.
Editorial content for The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
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Harvey Freedenberg
There's a tendency for many of us to think of the family as a rock of stability and sanity in a world filled with turmoil. That's why it takes an artist like Aimee Bender to remind us of the fragility of a structure that's sometimes more like a sandcastle than the brick edifice it may appear to outsiders. She's carried that off with grace and subtlety in her gently perceptive second novel. Read More
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On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice.
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On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice.
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On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she's privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father's detachment, her mother's transgression, her brother's increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can't discern.
April 19, 2011
The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of April 18th and April 25th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers.
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