Tag: family
group name: bookwomen
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May 29, 2007 01:02 PM EDT --
So I was reorganizing my bookshelves this weekend when I came across some old college books. One of them was The Paston Letters. This is a collection of letters sent back and forth . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Horton's Books & Gifts in Carrollton, GA, would fit gracefully in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The oldest bookstore in Georgia (established in 1892) with its wood floors providing . . .
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September 17, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
Mary - "writing" Cynthia's Attic: Book Four
It was a dark and story night...
www.marycunninghambooks.com
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October 15, 2006 11:10 AM EDT --
My great-grandmother died before she reached the age of 30. Repeated childbirth did her in. She was a European transplant, the educated daughter of a wealthy merchant. She left a husband and three surviving . . .
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November 12, 2008 04:32 AM EST --
In the world we live in today, cancer is a normal everyday word. It is a dreaded word but we hardly get through a day without hearing it. Like many of you, I have lost many family members to this . . .
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July 18, 2006 10:00 AM EDT --
On a cold winter's night in 1964, Norah Henry goes into labour. Unable to reach the hospital in time, her husband David, an orthopedic surgeon, and his nurse Caroline, assist Norah with the delivery. . . .
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September 22, 2006 09:15 PM EDT --
Reading has been my passion since I was a little girl. It is
through books that I have traveled to other countries (and even
other worlds), met other people, and learned . . .
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November 02, 2008 08:03 PM EST --
"A Silent Ocean Away" will take the reader back in time to the year 1833. This time period offers a backdrop to the book that adds excitement to the characters lives. It is about pride, greed, . . .
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July 20, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
I have 30,000.00 of credit debt that I incurred staying home with my daughter for the first two years of her life. I have a 401k with 50,000.00 in it that they won't let me have unless I quit my job . . .
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March 17, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
'Write what you know.' Everybody—especially writers—have heard this adage. So why do I always find myself writing about sisters (I have three brothers), old houses . . .
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March 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
Recently I was riding in my car (blissfully and unexpectedly alone—except for my dog) and I heard an old Rod Stewart song. I'm not certain of the title but the lyrics go something like . . .
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July 26, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Decatur, Georgia (a small city due east of downtown Atlanta), will hold its second annual AJC Decatur Book Festival from August 31 to September 2, 2007. Over 240 authors (including Charles Frazier, . . .
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July 31, 2007 01:10 AM EDT --
The refrigerator hums along in middle C.
Slicing an onion, I cut myself; blood oozed, a rivulet; juice ran to the cut like maggots debriding a wound; I felt cleansed; the pain ate at my reserve, threatening . . .
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March 03, 2008 07:36 PM EST --
wind lifts, skies darken , leaves to yellow,
white sand memories of kicking foam,
and the tides rush in, crashing sandcastles
we built when you were small;
we made mountains, . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:50 PM EDT --
one of my new children's picture book discoveries is the author and illustrator, grace lin. she is amazing. i am always on the lookout for intercultural books. this is important to us, as we are an . . .
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July 25, 2006 06:50 PM EDT --
lillie's been into hedgehogs lately. not the real ones, but the ones in picture books. she's learned about the habits of hedgehogs (they eat snails, and hibernate), but she is most interested in . . .
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May 13, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
Oh, Mama, I wish we could meet again. I would tell you over and over how much you influenced me in all the important ways. I would ask you questions I never dared ask when you were alive. . . .
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April 22, 2008 05:00 PM EDT --
Are you tired of all the fruit juices out there that are loaded with sugar? Capri Sun is looking for reviewers to check out their new line of fruit juices with 25% less sugar and review it on Gather! . . .
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September 13, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
Title : Etched City
Author: K. J. Bishop
Publisher: . . .
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April 14, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
It all happened the summer I found the rabbit lying in the road, hit by a car, legs broken, he couldn't be saved. Yet I had to try. I knew the marriage couldn't be saved. Yet I had to try.
I called . . .
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