The Good Daughter
David Brenner
A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Don Herold
If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
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Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?
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February 1, 2013
Where did January go? It feels like it just flew by. That calendar page flipped way too fast, and I am afraid that if I blink, February as a short month will do just the same.
It's made me more than happy that I usually like to do two things at once. I read and knit. For the record, I also consider reading in front of a roaring fire to be multi-tasking. During the summer, multi-tasking includes swinging in the hammock and reading, or bicycling around the pool while in my chair float --- and reading. The one thing I do not do when I read is listen to music. Unlike my husband, who listens to music all day long, I am someone who likes to read in silence. Thus, while he plays golf in the summer, I read outside in quiet. As soon as he comes home, the outdoor speakers get cranked up.
Editorial content for Fellow MortalsBookTeaserIn Dennis Mahoney’s captivating debut novel, a community is torn apart by tragedy while one of its beloved citizens is forced to carry the crippling burden of blame. PromoIn Dennis Mahoney’s captivating debut novel, a community is torn apart by tragedy while one of its beloved citizens is forced to carry the crippling burden of blame. About the BookIn Dennis Mahoney’s captivating debut novel, a community is torn apart by tragedy while one of its beloved citizens is forced to carry the crippling burden of blame. When Henry Cooper set out on his mail route one crisp spring morning, he unwittingly sparked a fire that destroyed a neighborhood and claimed the life of a local artist’s young wife. In the aftermath, some point to Henry’s carelessness, while others exalt his heroism. His wife is his ardent defender, but the judgment of others begins to take its toll. While the victims slowly rebuild their lives, the sculptor Sam Bailey finds it particularly difficult to see Henry as anything other than a menace who should pay for the death of Sam’s wife. Exploring the complex terrain of loyalty and loss, Fellow Mortals charts the fall of a man who has dedicated his life to doing the right thing and then finds himself embroiled in a fierce struggle to understand what the right thing is. Copyright © 2026 The Book Report, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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