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...narrative. Tale after tale records the triumphs of women (ordinary women, mostly; who needs celebrities when you have Oprah?) over poverty, traumas, racism, even sexual commodification. One article offers the inspiring story of a model who found happiness by going into business for herself designing china. Another is the memoir of a Korean War orphan whose mother was killed for refusing to sell her half-American daughter into slavery. And since Oprah has never been content with mere voyeurism, O is also a workbook wherein you can apply what you learn. Some pages have blank spaces for writing down...
...Ruby, a rabbi's wife, solves a murder 2. A Brit traipses across America 3. How entomology can help in the courts 4. A teenager's wacky diary entries 5. Cooking-inspired family memoir 6. America, c. 1998. Quite a place 7. The amazing world of day trading...
...aren't we all tired of pitying Judy? Not just yet. Thanks to candid interviews with hitherto-silent sources, plus a peek at a previously unpublished memoir by Garland herself, the author of Capote has miraculously contrived to tell the old, old story--the uppers and downers, the stage mother from hell, the lascivious studio execs and malevolent managers, the boyfriends (and girlfriends) and gay husbands (and father)--with a freshness and factual clarity that scarcely seem possible. This is the Garland bio to read if you're reading only...
Quinonez knows this 'hood--readers may have to remind themselves that this is a work of fiction and not a memoir. His prose, detailed and passionate, brings the tale to life. Though operating from different moral bases, Chino and Bodega share the same dream: to make Spanish Harlem a neighborhood where moving up doesn't have to mean moving...
...they really kill her? This week the Ramseys begin a drive to convince us that they had nothing to do with JonBenet's slaying. Their memoir The Death of Innocence goes on sale March 17, and the same day the Ramseys begin a string of TV appearances with a 40-min. Barbara Walters interview on ABC's 20/20 Friday...