Dining with Squirrels

So beautifully written.  Another one [like Weight of Silence] that tells a great story without showing us the skilled writing.  Story of two women in Bombay:  housewife and household servant, both mothers, both unhappily married.  Umrigar’s insight into mothering, wife-ing and being alone in a great sea of people is really stunning.  I LOVED this […]

Favorite quote so far:  “At times of difficulty, when they could teach the valuable lesson to their child that they are confident he/she can handle disappointment and limitation, they sidestep conflict and avoid bad feelings that come with it…unwittingly depriving him or her of the ordinary bits of adversity that will inoculate him/her against later […]

Imagine meeting Carrie Fisher in a bar.  After she’s had a few drinks.  Then you have a few drinks.  She talks nonstop and you think she is HILARIOUS.  Maybe if you had a few drinks before reading this book, you would think the same thing:  Wish You Were Drinking.  She’s got awesome material:  famous parents, […]