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...summoned. Bobby will not respond because he's foraging on the frontier of his independence. Feiffer's fluid drawings bring his raw dreams to life. This is in no way a pedagogical or improvement book, but young Bobbys everywhere will recognize themselves. A perfect gift from, say, a mischievous aunt...
...glad they hit the World Trade Center." Javed admits he's not sure how long the beatings lasted--though it felt like half an hour--but he insists he'd have to be "a psycho" to say something like that in a prison. Javed is staying with an aunt in Houston while he awaits a Dec. 17 hearing on his immigration status. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating his complaint...
...hand-sewn apron, lovingly crafted for my mother who hates to cook, is a tidy combination of several realms of domesticity, and as such, it looks kind of funny hanging in my kitchen. This particular apron is made of material with little menorahs on it. My aunt made it for my mother one scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel gift season. I actually wore it recently, at home over Thanksgiving break while assessing the soup potential of the turkey carcass. I could tell that no one else had worn or washed the apron since early September because a pesto stain...
...know these reader responses are ridiculous; I mean come on—Deana, 23, from Long Island, is face glitter really going to help you de-stress when Aunt Frida is asking you for the ninth time why you went to college for four years only to end up with a dead end job you could have landed right out of high school? I thought...
...gatherings change so little year to year because the holidays are a time for reminiscences, not for moving ahead. We save our forward momentum for December 31st. No matter how busy everyone is, there?s always time to review past tribal traumas, including but not limited to the time Aunt Edna mistakenly included a raw egg in her gravy and everyone was vomiting for days. Ancient customs reemerge the moment you walk through your parents' familiar front door. You and your little brother are both grownups now, but you still can't stand the way he refuses to rinse...