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As a collection, Problems and Other Stories is marked by the author’s growth as a writer, but the best stories in the book are best because they are about the subject which is most crucial to Updike. In those, form and feeling are one; the problem raised and the problem solved matter because the human heart is at stake; the drama is literally ...
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is a memoir by David Sheff that describes how his family dealt with his son Nic's methamphetamine addiction. It was published by Houghton Mifflin on February 26, 2008. The book grew out of the article "My Addicted Son" [1] that Sheff had written for The New York Times Magazine in ...
When we got the green light to begin exposure and response prevention (ERP), I ignorantly celebrated. I had no idea that the experience would be traumatic for both of us.
She writes the story in second person, along with the majority of her other stories, so that the reader can connect with the characters on a personal level. The story is broken up into journal entries. Some days Trudy has long, elaborate entries, and other days she only writes a few words. Trudy constantly obsesses over something.
“Problems” is a slight, witty piece presenting the divorced or separated protagonist’s woes with his (ex-)spouse, family, mistress/new wife, and guilt as six mathematical puzzles to be solved. It is a negligible tale that would not, one suspects, have found a publisher…without Updike’s reputation to lend it weight.
It excites me to think that if I work hard enough on my own problems my kids will be the "chosen ones" who get to be the right mix of f****d up and normal. Image credits: SpaceMarineSpiff #24
Jim Redmond, the father who rushed to help his son in one of the Olympic Games' most memorable and inspirational moments, died at age 81 on Sunday, according to the British Olympic Association (BOA).
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