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...critique that the story's madman became a revolutionary hero of sorts, and Lu Xun came to be heralded as the father of modern Chinese literature. In Ran Chen's novel A Private Life, set in Beijing in the late 20th century, the heroine follows a similar path. In the book, the scars from the Cultural Revolution are fresh, the social and economic changes of the turbulent 1980s are under way, and the deranged main character is mumbling to herself in her bathtub?so it's best we pay attention...
...high, the stiffer the economic headwind. In the past few weeks, Asia's export-led economies have begun to show signs of stress. With higher oil prices putting a drag on consumer spending in America and raising costs throughout Asia's supply chains, "We are facing a lower growth path over the next 12 months," says White...
...Sporting a baseball cap with a Harley-Davidson logo on it, she is the designated driver for her seventysomething friends who no longer feel comfortable behind the wheel. Last winter a snowfall threatened to keep her from her appointed automotive rounds. She took a shovel and cleared a path to her car. Driving keeps Dell young. That and knitting. She constantly knits. She makes baby booties and caps and blankets for friends and family whenever a baby arrives--the newborn getting an early blessing from the ageless. And every month, she donates several blankets to a charity for unwed mothers...
...suggest "parallel parenting." That means each household has its own set of rules, and the parents have a minimum of contact and communication. Richard Warshak, author of Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex, estimates more than half of divorced parents sharing custody follow this path...
What kind of work path do most returning mothers take? QUIGLEY: It's a progression. You go back, and you may cut back at some point, if a parent becomes ill or whatever. Then you gear up when your kids go off to college. So there is a lot of zigging and zagging. It's just not a straight line, as it is with...