Book Club - Now Reading: Slow Love

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A Good Hard Look
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A Jane Austen Education
William Deresiewicz
Caleb's Crossing
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Faithful Place
Tana French
Getting to Happy
Terry McMillan
Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok
How to Be an American Housewife
Margaret Dilloway
Love at First Bark
Julie Klam
Lunch Wars
Amy Kalafa
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles
Sea Change
Jeremy Page
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Dominique Browning
The Beach Trees
Karen White
The Kid
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The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards
The Magic Room
Jeffrey Zaslow
The Rules of Inheritance
Claire Bidwell Smith
The Underside of Joy
Seré Prince Halverson
The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
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What Happened to Goodbye
Sarah Dessen
Why Women Need Fat
William D. Lassek, M.D. & Steven J.C. Gaulin, Ph.D.
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Writing is Our Therapy

10/6/11 6:37am by sassymonkey
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I learn best by writing. Whether it's studying for a test or trying to blog away a problem, like Dominique Browning so aptly put it in Slow Love, writing is the way I absorb my world.  Read more >

Cooking (and Cookies!) for One

9/27/11 2:06pm by sassymonkey
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One of the things that Dominique Browning admitted struggling with in her memoir, Slow Love is cooking for one. It's something I've struggled with and continue to struggle with when my husband goes off on business trips and I'm the only one home. The difference between me and Dominique? I actually enjoy cooking.  Read more >

The "So What?" Lesson

9/20/11 8:15am by sassymonkey
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I could learn a lot from Dominique Browning about gardening. The parts in Slow Love where she talked about her gardens and her approach to gardening were some of my favorites. Perhaps because when it comes to gardening I am a big chicken. Yes, I am scared of my flower beds.  Read more >

Books as Comfort

9/16/11 4:58am by sassymonkey
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If there was one place I felt a really strong kinship to Dominique Browning in Slow Love it was when she was talking about books. Packing her books. Weeding her books. What books she read to laugh. The number of unread books she had in her house and why she had them. Oh yes, I heard her loud and clear.  Read more >

How Would You Define Yourself Without Work?

9/12/11 5:00am by sassymonkey
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One of the things that struck me as I was reading Slow Love is how rudderless Dominique Browning was without work. She, like many of us, was defined by the work she did. Without that work, she asked, who was she?  Read more >

Stroller: Slow Love, Lost Love or Love Never Found?

9/7/11 7:22am by sassymonkey
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In Dominique Browning's memoir, Slow Love, she spends a lot of time remembering and questioning a past relationship. In the book Browning calls him Stroller, a name that he chose for himself after rejecting Walker. Walker isn't his real name either, she chose it because he's best at walking away. And well, that sums up her relationship with Stroller.  Read more >

Dominique Got Canned: Do You Have A Plan?

9/7/11 7:21am by sassymonkey
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Let's not gloss over it -- when Dominique Browning got let go from Conde Nast, she was in a better position than most of us. She didn't have much debt. She owned two houses. She had investments. She had options that meant that she was able to take the time to get back on her feet. That's a luxury that most of us don't have.  Read more >