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Alison Krupnick

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Alison Krupnick is a former world-traveling diplomat, turned minivan-driving mom and writer. As a Foreign Service officer with the State Department, she served in India, Thailand and Vietnam and in Washington, DC on the country desks for Egypt, Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives.

Her writing has been published in Harvard Review, Brain, Child, the magazine for thinking mothers, Seattle magazine, Crosscut and a variety of news and trade publications and literary journals and anthologies.

She is the author of the blog Slice of Mid-Life (http://www.sliceofmidlife.com).

Alison lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.
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Slice of Midlife is now on Substack

(I still love you, WordPress)

I made the tough decision to use Substack to publish the reinvigorated Slice of Midlife.

I hope you’ll come visit me there.

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	Ruminations from the Minivan: Musings from a World Grown Large, then Small 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

by Peter Attia (Goodreads Author)

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Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World

by Naomi Klein

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Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds

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