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...effect-it was a dog book that brought many a grown man to sad, secret tears. (Guys, better get those kleenex out again for this winter's film adaptation.) With The Longest Trip Home, Grogan offers another memoir, this one of his non-dog life: he recalls his childhood in suburban Detroit, growing up in a devout Catholic family; his early years in love; and the agonizing decline of his father's health...
...often elaborately illustrated ("I haven't spoken to my dad in 10 years, and it kills me every day"; "When I eat, I feel like a failure"; "I had gay sex at church camp, three times"). Three weeks into the project, Warren says, he posted his own "humiliating childhood event," which he later shared with his wife and kids. "There was something about seeing others have the courage to share their secrets that allowed me to post my own," he says...
...Favorite childhood activity: Eating mangos and talking with animals Sexiest physical trait: My well-endowed Vocal Chords Best part about Harvard...
...residents of London may come from all walks of life, but early childhood is one of the few times when the classes mix. The free neighborhood baby-massage courses I attended saw migrant mothers and American corporate types bonding over lavender oil and breast-feeding. At our local northwest London playground, my kids share the swing set with Kosovar refugees and the children of hedge-fund millionaires. Government vouchers for day care broke down class stratifications during Nicola's toddler years. Her classmates were the children of cash-strapped single mothers, middle-class professionals and the rich - a few arriving...
...achievement gap surfaces in early childhood and continues throughout high school, college, and adulthood, O’Connor said, citing a statistic that black men are more likely to be in prison at some point during their lives than to graduate from college. O’Connor described affirmative action as a “temporary bandage, rather than a permanent cure” to the racial tensions stemming from unequal representation in positions of power and leadership...