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KNIGHT(Subject); Knight, Michelle; Burford, Michelle Finding Me: A Decade Of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir Of The Cleveland Kidnappings 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089174. ISBN #1602862648 / 9781602862647. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KNIGHT(Subject); Knight, Michelle; Burford, Michelle Finding Me: A Decade Of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir Of The Cleveland Kidnappings 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089174. ISBN #1602862648 / 9781602862647. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The 1 New York Times Bestseller Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.
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KNOPF(Subject); Claridge, Laura The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2016 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1163023. ISBN #0374114250 / 9780374114251. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KUFFEL(Subject); Kuffel, Frances Passing For Thin: Losing Half My Weight And Finding My Self 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1033151. ISBN #0767912918 / 9780767912914. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KUFFEL(Subject); Kuffel, Frances Passing For Thin: Losing Half My Weight And Finding My Self 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1033151. ISBN #0767912918 / 9780767912914. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body. In the opening pages of Passing for Thin , Frances Kuffel waits at the airport to be picked up by her brother, Jim. He strides past her without a glimmer of recognition because she barely resembles the woman he is expecting to see. Jim had last seen her when she was 188 pounds heavier. What follows is one of the most piercing explorations of the limits and promises of a body since Lucy Grealy s Autobiography of a Face . With unflinching honesty and a wickedly dark sense of humor, Frances describes her first fumbling introductions to the slender, alien body she is left with after losing half her weight, shining a light on the shared human experience of feeling, at times, uncomfortable in one s own skin. Buoyed by support from a group of fellow compulsive eaters she deems the Stepfords, Frances adjusts not only to her new waistline, but to a strange new world the Planet of Thin where she doesn t speak the language and doesn t know the rules. Her lifetime of obesity had robbed her of the joys of lovers, a husband, children and even made it impossible to enjoy a movie, when standing in line was too painful, or travel, when airplane seats were too small and hadn t prepared her for the unexpected attention from strangers, the deep pleasure of trying on a tailored suit, the satisfaction of a good run on a treadmill, or for the saucy fun of flirting and dating. She joyfully moves from observer to player, while struggling to enjoy the freedom her new shape has given her. As Frances gradually comes to know and love the stranger in the mirror, she learns that this body does not define her, but enables her to become the woman she s always wanted to be.
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KUSHNER, JARED(Subject); Ward, Vicky Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump St. Martin's Press 2019 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158343. ISBN #1250185947 / 9781250185945. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LAMBUR(Subject); Lambur, Joan; Lambur, Madeleine Grabbing At Water: A Mother Daughter Memoir 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1006937. ISBN #1416918396 / 9781416918394. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LAMBUR(Subject); Lambur, Joan; Lambur, Madeleine Grabbing At Water: A Mother Daughter Memoir 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1006937. ISBN #1416918396 / 9781416918394. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The relationship between mother and daughter is an incomparable blend of affection, comfort, rebellion, pain, frustration, and joy. In Grabbing at Water , mother and daughter Joan and Maddy Lambur explore their extraordinary bond as they recount the events of Maddy's youth and young adulthood -- the successes and struggles, clashes and reconciliations -- telling each story from their very different and equally hilarious points of view. As Joan evolves from a broke, newly single mother living in a Toronto fixer-upper to a high-flying executive, she watches Maddy change too, from a gregarious little girl who struggles in school to a free-spirited, confident teen. Together, they navigate academic crises and health scares, wayward pets and romantic missteps. Joan watches with pride and terror as her daughter asserts her independence for the first time -- and then reasserts it again and again. Maddy, bright and willful, strives to live by her own rules -- even if that means joyriding in her mother's fancy company car, or getting her picture on the front page of the local newspaper at a protest to legalize marijuana. Yet every challenge seemingly designed to test the limits of her mother's love only serves to prove that there are no limits. Honest, heartfelt, and witty, the stories in this unique memoir illuminate and celebrate perhaps the most defining relationship we will ever know -- one that, even at its most difficult, is deeply rewarding and utterly irreplaceable.
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LANCASTER(Subject); Lancaster, Jen Tao Of Martha: My Year Of LIVING, Or Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off Of The Dog 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1118436. ISBN #0451417631 / 9780451417633. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LANCASTER(Subject); Lancaster, Jen Tao Of Martha: My Year Of LIVING, Or Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off Of The Dog 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1118436. ISBN #0451417631 / 9780451417633. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary One would think that with Jen Lancaster s impressive list of bestselling self-improvement memoirs Bitter Is the New Black ; Bright Lights, Big Ass ; Such a Pretty Fat ; Pretty in Plaid ; My Fair Lazy ; and Jeneration X that she would have it all together by now. One would be wrong. Jen s still a little rough around the edges. Suffice it to say, she s no Martha Stewart. And that is exactly why Jen is going to Martha up and live her life according to the advice of America s overachieving older sister the woman who turns lemons into lavender-infused lemonade. By immersing herself in Martha s media empire, Jen will embark on a yearlong quest to take herself, her house, her husband and maybe even her pets to the next level from closet organization to craft making, from party planning to kitchen prep. Maybe Jen can go four days without giving herself food poisoning if she follows Martha s dictates on proper storage....Maybe she can grow closer to her girlfriends by taking up their boring-ass hobbies like knitting and sewing. Maybe she can finally rid her workout clothes of meatball stains by using Martha s laundry tips. Maybe she can create a more meaningful anniversary celebration than just getting drunk in the pool with her husband....again. And maybe, just maybe, she ll discover that the key to happiness does, in fact, lie in Martha s perfectly arranged cupboards and artfully displayed charcuterie platters. Or maybe not.
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LANE, FRANKLIN K. (Subject); Lane, Anne Wintermute (Editor); Wall, Louise Herrick (Editor) Letters Of Franklin K. Lane: Personal And Political Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. 1922 hardcover. Scare dust jacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or799346. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LANE, FRANKLIN K. (Subject); Lane, Anne Wintermute (Editor); Wall, Louise Herrick (Editor) Letters Of Franklin K. Lane: Personal And Political Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. 1922 hardcover. Scare dust jacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or799346. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LASKAS(Subject); Laskas, Jeanne Marie Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm Bantam 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127085. ISBN #055338015X / 9780553380156. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LASKAS(Subject); Laskas, Jeanne Marie Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm Bantam 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127085. ISBN #055338015X / 9780553380156. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jeanne Marie Laskas had a dream of fleeing her otherwise happy urban life for fresh air and open space a dream she would discover was about something more than that. But she never expected her fantasy to come true until a summer afternoon s drive in the country. That s when she and her boyfriend, Alex owner of Marley the poodle stumble upon the place she thought existed only in her dreams. This pretty-as-a-picture-postcard farm with an Amish barn, a chestnut grove, and breathtaking vistas is real ... and for sale. And it s where she knows her future begins. But buying a postcard fifty acres of scenery and living on it are two entirely different matters. With wit and wisdom, Laskas chronicles the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of the colorful two- and four-legged creatures she encounters on Sweetwater Farm. Against a backdrop of brambles, a satellite dish, and sheep, she tells a tender, touching, and hilarious tale about life, love, and the unexpected complications of having your dream come true.
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Laubach, Frank C. Thirty Years With The Silent Billion: Adventuring in Literacy Fleming H. Revell Company 1960 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight moisture damage. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Faded Spine. Book #or1016586. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA(Subject); Korda, Michael Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Harper 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1156861. ISBN #0061712612 / 9780061712616. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA(Subject); Korda, Michael Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Harper 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1156861. ISBN #0061712612 / 9780061712616. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Michael Korda's Hero is the story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth, and gripping biography of the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic Englishman whose daring exploits and romantic profile including his blond, sun-burnished good looks and flowing white robes made him an object of intense fascination, still famous the world over as "Lawrence of Arabia." An Oxford scholar and archaeologist, one of five illegitimate sons of a British aristocrat who ran away with his daughters' governess, Lawrence was sent to Cairo as a young intelligence officer in 1916. He vanished into the desert in 1917 only to emerge later as one of the greatest and certainly most colorful figures of World War One. Though a foreigner, he played a leading and courageous part in uniting the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks, and eventually capture Damascus, transforming himself into a world-famous hero, hailed as "the Uncrowned King of Arabia." In illuminating Lawrence's achievements, Korda digs further than anyone before him to expose the flesh-and-blood man and his contradictory nature. Here was a born leader who was utterly fearless and seemingly impervious to pain, thirst, fatigue, and danger, yet who remained shy, sensitive, mod-est, and retiring; a hero who turned down every honor and decoration offered to him, and was racked by moral guilt and doubt; a scholar and an aesthete who was also a bold and ruthless warrior; a writer of genius the author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom , one of the greatest books ever written about war who was the virtual inventor of modern insurgency and guerrilla warfare; a man who at the same time sought and fled the limelight, and who found in friendships, with everyone from Winston Churchill to George Bernard and Charlotte Shaw, from Nancy Astor to No l Coward, a substitute for sexual feelings that he rigorously even brutally and systematically repressed in himself. As Korda shows in his brilliantly readable and formidably authoritative biography, Lawrence was not only a man of his times; he was a visionary whose accomplishments farsighted diplomat and kingmaker, military strategist of genius, perhaps the first modern "media celebrity" and one of the first victims of it , and an acclaimed writer transcended his era. Korda examines Lawrence's vision for the modern Middle East plans that, had they been carried through, might have prevented the hatred and bloodshed that have become ubiquitous in the region. Ultimately, as this magisterial work demonstrates, Lawrence remains one of the most unique and fascinating figures of modern times, the arch-hero whose life is at once a triumph and a sacrifice and whose capacity to astonish still
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LAWRENCE, T.E.; (Subject); Brown, Malcolm (editor) Lawrence Of Arabia: The Selected Letters Little Books Ltd 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or1141153. ISBN #1904435432 / 9781904435433. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LAWRENCE, T.E.; (Subject); Korda, Michael Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Harper Perennial 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168537. ISBN #0061712620 / 9780061712623. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LEE(Subject); Sixsmith, Martin Philomena 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082459. ISBN #0143124722 / 9780143124726. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LEE(Subject); Sixsmith, Martin Philomena 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082459. ISBN #0143124722 / 9780143124726. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times Bestseller Now a major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan and nominated for four Academy Awards: the heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a fallen woman. Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena s son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush administration, and he struggled to hide secrets that would jeopardize his career in the Republican Party and endanger his quest to find his mother. A gripping expos told with novelistic intrigue, Philomena pulls back the curtain on the role of the Catholic Church in forced adoptions and on the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation.
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LESSER, ELIZABETH(Subject); Lesser, Elizabeth Marrow: A Love Story Harper Wave 2016 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1148896. ISBN #0062367633 / 9780062367631. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LEWIS(Subject); Lewis, Marilyn Marilyn, Are You Sure You Can Cook? He Asked: A Memoir 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086411. ISBN #1580082963 / 9781580082969. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LEWIS(Subject); Lewis, Marilyn Marilyn, Are You Sure You Can Cook? He Asked: A Memoir 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086411. ISBN #1580082963 / 9781580082969. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Marilyn Lewis has been feeding and clothing the glitterati in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., and across the country for decades. First gaining fame as the glamorous helmstress with husband Harry of the legendary actors-serve-actors Hamburger Hamlet, Marilyn went on to become one of the first woman CEOs of a multi-million dollar company; designer of her own successful couture clothing line Cardinali, dressing Marlo Thomas, Dionne Warwick, and Eydie Gorme among others ; and most recently, producer of feature films on cultural icons Andy Warhol and Ayn Rand. Through it all, Marilyn was never too busy to prepare feast after feast, earning her an intimate place in the hearts of the stars, starletts, and sundry colorful characters that flocked to her table. In "MARILYN, ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN COOK?", Marilyn shares the captivating story of her eclectic times in what is by turns charming, inspirational memoir and engaging history of America's food revolution. In addition to her many vibrant, heartfelt remembrances, this volume includes Marilyn's signature recipes, from a silky lobster bisque to her legendary hamburger to a leg of lamb that helped sell the icy Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman buyers the first Cardinali collection. If you've ever dreamed of opening a restaurant, becoming a designer, or producing a film, Marilyn Lewis shows you that with the right ingredients and an adjustable flame, dreams can and really do come true.
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LEWIS(Subject); Lewis, Michael Home Game: An Accidental Guide To Fatherhood W.W. Norton & Company 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015776. ISBN #039306901X / 9780393069013. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LEWIS(Subject); Lewis, Michael Home Game: An Accidental Guide To Fatherhood W.W. Norton & Company 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015776. ISBN #039306901X / 9780393069013. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A book that explores the difference between the idea of fatherhood and a man s actual experience of it. When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn t feel, and to do things that he couldn t see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up. Lewis decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded from the point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story isn t that Lewis is so unusual. It s that he is so typical. The only wonder is that his wife has allowed him to publish it
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LIDZ(Subject); Lidz, Franz Unstrung Heroes Random House 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002033. ISBN #0394569881 / 9780394569888. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LIDZ(Subject); Lidz, Franz Unstrung Heroes Random House 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002033. ISBN #0394569881 / 9780394569888. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Part Woody Allen, part Tobias Wolff, this work celebrates the weird, uproarious relatives that most people pack away in the back closet like old sweaters. The Lidz brothers were and two still are , admittedly, odd--though oddly sane in ways that helped a lonely boy through the lingering illness and death of his mother, and helped counteract the bantering denial of the fifth Lidz, his father. Simultaneous release with the Hollywood Pictures film. 2 cassettes.
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LINDBERGH(Subject); Lindbergh, Reeve Under a Wing: A Memoir 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047634. ISBN #068480770X / 9780684807706. (filed under: Biography ) *
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LINDBERGH(Subject); Lindbergh, Reeve Under a Wing: A Memoir 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047634. ISBN #068480770X / 9780684807706. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II; his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was also famous, the author of the bestselling "Gift from the Sea" and other books. But Reeve Lindbergh knew them as Father and Mother. Their celebrity status and the tragedy of their first child shadowed the Lindbergh family in ways that were often mysterious to the five surviving children. In this moving, deeply affecting memoir, the youngest of the children describes what it was like to grow up as a Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh was a stern, strong father who inspired both love and fear. As a pilot, he owed his life to careful preparation; he was methodical and exacting as a parent. He wrote lists of topics to discuss with each child his "Downfall of Civilization" lecture addressed "air conditioning, television, politics, and Pop Art" . When he drove, he never exceeded the speed limit, and when he skied, he never advanced beyond the beginner slopes. He stressed self-reliance and independence, the virtues that had made him who he was. He tried to teach all his children to fly, and Reeve recalls a memorable flight that ended in an emergency landing and revealed her father's true character: "My father wasn't flying the airplane, he was being the airplane. That's how he did it. That's how he had always done it." Anne Morrow, by contrast, was a gentler and more accessible parent. She encouraged her children to write, taught them to love nature, and would relax the rules in her husband's absence. Reeve writes movingly about the night her life and her mother's converged, when Reeve's first son died unexpectedly, and her mother urged Reeve to sit beside her infant's body. As the two women kept vigil together, Reeve realized that her mother had never had the opportunity to grieve in this way over the loss of her firstborn son. In a deeply moving chapter, Reeve writes about how the effects of several strokes have eroded her mother's mind, while her voice remains in the books that Reeve never read while growing up but treasures now for their revelations. Reflecting on her parents, Lindbergh observes that they strengthened each other, both as parents and as writers. Fiercely protective of their children for reasons the children never understood when young , they stressed the importance of family. She writes about how her family has been diminished by the recent loss of her closest sibling, her sister, Anne, to cancer. Written with grace, charm, candor, and love, "Under a Wing" is heartfelt tribute to an extraordinary family.
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LIZZIE SIMON(Subject); Simon, Lizzie Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip In 4-D Washington Square Press 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1144806. ISBN #0743446607 / 9780743446600. (keywords: Psychology) (filed under: Biography ) *
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