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Welcome to My Bookshop
Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support independent bookstores and give back to the book community. Like me, they believe that bookstores are essential to a healthy culture of readers and writers. It’s a place where authors can connect with readers, where you can discover new writers, and where children get hooked on the […]
Changing The Way You Think About Women’s Fiction
It’s a reality that male writers are taken more seriously than women writers. All anyone needs to do to become disheartened is read the Vida numbers. Trust me, I wish I could laugh when The Washington Post’s Ron Charles talked about “women gossiping about how their little books are treated by media,” except that too much of his totally […]
Parenting in Uncertain Times
Amidst any societal disruption, parents play the lead role in helping children make sense of what they hear in a way that is honest, accurate, and minimizes anxiety or fear. As a nurse and family counselor—and a mother—I know how overwhelming it can be to calm, inform, and advise children and teens without making yourself and everyone else […]
Grief After Suicide—Profound loss with complicated feelings
The primary focus of my work with schools is to equip teachers, parents, and teens with the tools to support emotional well-being and to detect risk factors and warning signs related to mental health issues before a suicide attempt occurs. Unfortunately, as we’re learning after the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, even with comprehensive support and treatment—and loving family and […]
The Power of Fiction to Teach
In my ongoing series, Conversations, I talk with interesting people who have something compelling to say about family relationships. Today I’m chatting with Rachel Simon, bestselling author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus with My Sister. Lynne: I often talk about what a wonderful vehicle fiction is for teaching. I found The […]
