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Miriam’s 2025 Year in Books
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Miriam Drori
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Responses to Writing About Fathers
Here are four responses to my last post on writing about fathers:
Just write down your thoughts and feelings.
I’m taking this one on board. I’ve been overthinking the writing part. I should write it all down and then decide what to include in the memoir.
Talk into a tape about the memories and use the recordings as a basis.
This could help many people. I’m not so into talking. I prefer writing.
What ab
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These twelve stories are sad, sometimes humorous and often absurd. Although they are ostensibly tales about a street I happen to know well, they also dwell on topics that are universal, like post-traumatic stress disorder, pregnancy and immigration. E ...more |
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In small towns everywhere, including America, most of the residents know all the others, especially if they've lived there for a long time. They meet each other in the places they frequent and gossip about common acquaintances. That's unfortunate for ...more |
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| The advantage of reading the next in a brilliant series is that you know you will enjoy it. This was inevitably true of Missing the Deadline, seventh in Joan Livingston's Isabel Long series. As always, I enjoyed reuniting with well-remembered charact ...more | |
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These stories cover a wide range of historical periods and various topics and locations, though Scotland is well-represented. All are well-written and well-crafted. I enjoyed every one of them. If I were to choose one over the rest, it would be the st ...more |
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I loved the style and quality of the writing in this book. I appreciated the honesty, the emotion and the author's ability to convey her intimate feelings. I'm sure this book has been helpful and will continue to help certain people in similar situati ...more |
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| What an interesting way to write a memoir. Most memoir authors choose a period of a life and relate scenes, each ending with a current reflection by the author. This book is really a series of essays, each of which concentrates on opinions and uses f ...more | |
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Family plays an important role in this novel. Even when family members have behaved badly or lied, even when relationships are kept secret and only revealed later in the story, loyalty takes precedence. I learned plenty from this novel, especially abo ...more |
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Re-Connections: Thirty-seven stories of connecting, disconnecting and reconnecting:
"A book with a bit of a difference for me, Re Connections is full of stories about people searching for connections. The stories are inspiring and reminded me a bit of some of my favourite books, the chicken soup for the soul series. I think the main "
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“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
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“A child who suffers from PTSD has made unsuccessful attempts to get help, and as the victimization continues, he stops asking for it. He withdraws socially, because he’s never quite sure when interaction is going to lead to another incident of bullying….
Different people have different responses to stress. In Peter’s case, I saw an extreme emotional vulnerability, which, in fact, was the reason he was teased. Peter didn’t play by the codes of boys. He wasn’t a big athlete. He wasn’t tough. He was sensitive. And difference is not always respected – particularly when you’re a teenager. Adolescence is about fitting in, not standing out.”
― Nineteen Minutes
Different people have different responses to stress. In Peter’s case, I saw an extreme emotional vulnerability, which, in fact, was the reason he was teased. Peter didn’t play by the codes of boys. He wasn’t a big athlete. He wasn’t tough. He was sensitive. And difference is not always respected – particularly when you’re a teenager. Adolescence is about fitting in, not standing out.”
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“Ehud was tall and strong and was always quiet. Lots of people thought that Ehud was quiet because he was stupid. That wasn’t true. He may not have been the smartest kid on the block, but he was no moron either.”
― The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories
― The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then some. It was a particular brand of arrogance, an obtuseness in otherwise sane people that brought forth our bitter laughter. It was as if whites didn't know they were being cruel in the first place. Or at least thought you deserved of their scorn.”
― Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
― Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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