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Category: Biography and Memoir
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In honor of National Adoption Month, Amie Klempnauer Miller shares the story of adopting her daughter in a second-parent adoption.
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Michael Patrick MacDonald’s All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, still resonates with readers of all ages ten years after it was first published.
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A note about the passing of Theodore R. Sizer, of the country’s most prominent education-reform advocates.
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If asked what a doctor does, most people would probably come up with the standard description of diagnosing and treating disease. But that turns out to be only a part of the job, often a very small part.
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In honor of National Midwifery Week, midwife Patricia Harman recalls how she was called to this demanding and rewarding line of work.
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“I could not go alone anywhere outside Kabul… All the traffic and reconstruction activity in Kabul was weird; sort of an illusion of security and progress that in reality doesn’t exist at all.”
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Today’s post is from Jennifer Culkin, author of A Final Arc of Sky: A Memoir of Critical Care. Culkin, winner of a 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Award, is a writer and longtime neonatal, pediatric, and adult critical care nurse. Her work has appeared in many literary magazines, including the Georgia Review and Utne Reader, and…
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Meredith Hall's Without a Map continues to resonate with readers. A Q&A with homeschooling expert Robert Kunzman addresses some of the criticism his book has received from conservative bloggers. Kathryn Joyce uncovers the dark side of Christian adoption agencies. The Ethicurean looks at Nancy Gift's A Weed by Any Other Name (Gifted posted here today).…
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We invite Da Capo press author and Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie to talk about his new book, The Ride.
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Midwife Patricia Harman looks at her hometown, where the relatively unemployment figures belie the financial struggles her patients face.
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