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May 11, 2012: The birds are hard at work and so am I. BOOK NEWS: Early reviews are coming in for When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine, which comes out on July 10 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. So far, so good! The story takes place in 1963, when I was nine years old. Beginning with the April morning when my father, a foreman in the woodyard of the Oxford Paper Company, died on his way to work, the book follows three deeply entwined threads: one, Dad's sudden death and my family's year of grief and renewal; the assassination of the president; and the paper mill's first protracted labor strike. For a contemporary glimpse of one of the "characters," you can follow this link to a piece from Oprah Magazine. The original title was "Big Sister, Little Sister"; the magazine version (November 2011) title was "What Betty Knows"; and the online version on oprah.com shows up with yet another title. WHAT I'M WORKING ON: A couple of essays, and something else that's not yet identifiable. CURRENTLY READING: On bedside table for next binge: Ann Patchett's new one, Anne Tyler's new one, and One Hundred Yards of Glory, a gorgeously photographed book that details great moments in NFL history, including a few I'd rather forget. Thanks for visiting the site, and come back soon! I don't blog, but will make a better effort to keep updating this little pocket of info. FOR
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