Bombeck, Erma (1927-1996)
Erma Bombeck, writer, humorist, and television personality, was primarily identified as a housewife and mother. Because she knew it so well, she was able to offer the housewi...
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Today is Sunday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2007. There are 232 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day.Today's Highlight in History:On May 13, 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site...
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HER LAST DEATH: A MEMOIRBy Susanna SonnenbergScribner, 273 pages, $24
Now in her late 30’s, Ms. Sonnenberg longs for her estranged mother most when “sick with flu or after too much win...
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“That’s Caitlin Flanagan,” a female journalist hissed to me at a party in Los Angeles, indicating the famously self-proclaimed anti-feminist—then not yet a staff writer for ...
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“That’s Caitlin Flanagan,” a female journalist hissed to me at a party in Los Angeles, indicating the famously self-proclaimed anti-feminist—then not yet a staff writer for...
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This is a book about age and regret. Since it’s by Nora Ephron, it’s funny. A funny book about loss is a puzzle, and it’s that puzzle that I, if not the author, tussle with in rea...
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This is a book about age and regret. Since it’s by Nora Ephron, it’s funny. A funny book about loss is a puzzle, and it’s that puzzle that I, if not the author, tussle with in rea...
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I feel that Andy Warhol spoke for all of us when he said: “You can’t take a princess to dinner and order a cookie for starters no matter how much you crave one. People expect you to eat...
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I feel that Andy Warhol spoke for all of us when he said: “You can’t take a princess to dinner and order a cookie for starters no matter how much you crave one. People expect you to eat...
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Bombeck, Erma (1927-1996)
Today in History - May 13
