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Somehow I came across Janice Erlbaum's blog, girlbomb, and figured out from there she'd written a book about her turbulent adolescent years, when she ran away from home and lived in various shelters and group homes, then on her own.... ... (continued)

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My friend S loaned me this book with some trepidation, since she is always hounding me to hurry up and make a baby already. ... (continued)

I think this book did not get as good reviews as her first, but I like Fuller's spare style. ... (continued)

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E gave me this one for Christmas and I read it aloud on our drives to and from Michigan, half on the way up, half on the way back. A great book, and a great one for reading aloud: Not... ... (continued)

Holy cow, I finished a book! It's been a while. I've been working on two nonfiction books, which always take longer for me to finish. This one was hard to put down, though -- the story of what daily life... ... (continued)

This very readable book was a lot more about the chimpanzees than I expected, and a lot less about Jane Goodall than I wished. I suppose that tells you something about this amazing woman. In the early 1960s Goodall, barely... ... (continued)

The totally riveting memoir of a girlhood spent on farms in central and east Africa. Eric selected this for me based on a review in the Economist. Its episodes are beautifully composed of vivid scenes. I wish I learned more... ... (continued)