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Nancy Crochiere

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Nancy Crochiere’s debut novel, GRACELAND, is a humorous and heartwarming story of a single mom forced to chase her Elvis-obsessed mother and pink-haired teenaged daughter to Memphis to stop them from revealing her long-held secret. It was published by Avon/HarperCollins on May 30, 2023.

For thirteen years, Nancy Crochiere chronicled the ups and downs of family life—including her obsession with George Clooney—in her humorous newspaper column, “The Mother Load.” In 2024, she published a collection of those columns that was a finalist for Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year in humor and the Independent Publishers of New England 2014 Book Award.

A graduate of Middlebury College, Nancy earned a master’s degree in English Language and Literature fr ...more

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My Daughter’s Wedding is Making Me Shake

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

Me, though? I’m good in a corner. In fact, when dancing is involved, people feel safer if I’m tucked away somewhere. Or better yet, cordoned off

Don’t get me wrong. I love to dance. Much like I love to sing—with a great deal of enthusiasm and no discernable talent. And while I could take lessons in ballroom or swing or even Irish step dancing, I’ve found no classes that

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