Tag: essays
The Fiddler in the Subway
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/09/28/the-fiddler-in-the-subway/
Title: The Fiddler in the Subway: The true story of what happened when a world-class violinist played for handouts – and other virtuoso performances by America’s foremost feature writer Author: Gene Weingarten Publisher: Simon and Schuster, July 2010 Summary: If you take one of the...
Bad Mother
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/09/08/bad-mother/
Title: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace Author: Ayelet Waldman Publisher: Doubleday, May 2009 Summary: When her essay Motherlove was published, Ayelet Waldman revealed to the world that she loved her husband more than she loves her...
I Was Told There’d Be Cake
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/04/08/i-was-told-thered-be-cake/
Title: I Was Told There’d Be Cake Author: Sloane Crosley Summary: This collection of witty, self-depricating, utterly hillarious essays examine what is means to be young, single and whipsmart in New York today. Crosley, who grew up in Westchester and has written for the New...