http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/atg-book-of-the-week-the-secret-lives-of-words/ Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/atg-book-of-the-week-the-secret-lives-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-24610 Eleanor Cook Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:45:40 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=4048#comment-24610 HI Katina, I am not sure what you are looking for in these submissions, so I will simply suggest something I read recently that I liked. There was a blog post on Huffington Post recently called "Why you aren't married" which apparently caused a stir - even my husband Joe came across it and liked it. Humorous in a biting sort of way. Author is Tracy McMillan. So I got a copy of the author's recent book "I Love You But I'm Leaving You Anyway," and read it on my Kindle. It's definitely a "chick" read, but it has a lot of interesting themes. It's a memoir of a young woman who grows up with alot of strikes against her, but she manages, in spite of a prostitute mother and a father who is in prison for dealing drugs and pimping, and growing up in foster care, etc. to come to grips with her life. Oh, and 3 marriages. She spends alot of time examining her own motivations for why she is drawn to men who fail her. The journey is a bit bumpy but the end result is hopeful. Some people will find this book too self-absorbed, but I liked it. HI Katina,
I am not sure what you are looking for in these submissions, so I will simply suggest something I read recently that I liked. There was a blog post on Huffington Post recently called “Why you aren’t married” which apparently caused a stir – even my husband Joe came across it and liked it. Humorous in a biting sort of way. Author is Tracy McMillan. So I got a copy of the author’s recent book “I Love You But I’m Leaving You Anyway,” and read it on my Kindle. It’s definitely a “chick” read, but it has a lot of interesting themes. It’s a memoir of a young woman who grows up with alot of strikes against her, but she manages, in spite of a prostitute mother and a father who is in prison for dealing drugs and pimping, and growing up in foster care, etc. to come to grips with her life. Oh, and 3 marriages. She spends alot of time examining her own motivations for why she is drawn to men who fail her. The journey is a bit bumpy but the end result is hopeful. Some people will find this book too self-absorbed, but I liked it.

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