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Nuala O'Faolain, Irish Memoirist, Dies at 68
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DIED ON THE
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THE MOTHERLESS NANCY DREW
by Joyce Gemperlein • May 10, 2008 • Tags: Children, Books, Family, Memory
I realize now, though I didn’t as a child reader, that Nancy never mourns for her mother or has what we now call “issues” of being abandoned through death
DANGLING CONVERSATIONS
by Paul Wilner • May 9, 2008 • Tags: Burials. Photography, Memory, Graveyards
Reviewing Marilyn Yalom's new book, The American Resting Place -- Four Hundred Years of Histroy Through our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.
IRVINE ROBBINS, ICE CREAM INNOVATOR, DIES AT 90
May 7, 2008 • Tags: Food, Business, World War 2
Before there was Ben and Jerry’s, there was Baskin-Robbins. Their 31 flavors burst free from the traditional triad of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, and introduced timely, popular ice cream concoctions like Pink Bubblegum, Strawberry Cheesecake and Baseball Nut.
ANN HOOD READING
May 13, 2008, 7:00 PM
Author Ann Hood reads from her newest book, Comfort - A Journey Through Grief.

ELEANOR CLIFT READING
May 13, 2008 6:00 PM
Author and TV commentator Eleanor Clift signs copies of her newest book, Two Weeks of Life.

MARILYN YALOM READING
May 15, 6:00 PM
The Stanford scholar reads and signs her latest book, The American Resting Place, at the Boston Public Library.

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