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I can't wait to share READING JANE: A DAUGHTER'S MEMOIR with readers and listeners. It's an exploration of a mother and daughter (me) that I've been told reads like literary fiction. Although it tells the story of my family, I think you'll find yourself with insights into the ways our culture often pretends to be well when we aren't, as well as real-life examples of the many ways parents pass on their emotions or lack of emotions to their children and how that affects the children's lives. It is also about connection and travel and coming of age.

The nitty gritty: READING JANE tells the story of the year I spent reading the 45 years of diaries my mother left me after she chose to end her life. Through her written words, I remember my childh ...more

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Note: This recounting of my travels alone through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Egypt in the 1980s was meant to build a bridge to cultures many Americans see as frightening. My hope was that some readers might begin to question the negative assumptions they had long held about the Arab world.While I was finishing this draft, however, Trump and Netanyahu bombed Iran, and then Netanyahu escalate Read more of this blog post »

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Ina Garten's name was often used in conjunction with some recipe or other that I 'just had to try'. So, I downloaded her memoir as an audio book. She writes matter-of-factly about her childhood and then about how she met her husband, found herself in ...more
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