Wednesday, September 14, 2005

DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM

Comic writer David Sedaris will make you weep with hysteria in this collection of anecdotes involving his mostly dysfunctional siblings. "On tap" will take on a whole new meaning.

Friday, September 09, 2005

A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR by John Irving

The Dickensian storytelling of John Irving will sweep you away in this powerful story about a family in which loss is the touchstone. Celebrated novelist Ruth Cole tries to make sense of her life by trying to understand her mother's disappearance when she was only 4 years old. Marion Cole abandoned her only daughter to the care of her husband Ted (world famous children's author/illustrator) in the heighth of her grief for her dead sons. As is typical in Irving novels, A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR explores sexual perversity, loss and the healing power of the creative spirit. It is a novel that is perfectly constructed.