It was one of those odd fragments of conversation that never leave you, for whatever reason. I was chatting with a college friend about his wife's sister, who was adopted from Korea. "My in-laws didn't want to shove (Korea) down her throat, so they didn't really talk about it." Casual … [Read more...]
For One More Father’s Day: The Gifts We’d Give
Happy Father's Day, Dad! People keep saying you're in a better place, and I believe them. But that still doesn't mean we don't wish things were different. It doesn't mean we don't think it absolutely sucks to lose a dad and an Opa to lung cancer, you who never smoked in your life, except … [Read more...]
11 Thoughts About “Eleanor and Park”
1.The El DeBarge mention cracks me up. (Isn’t part-Korean Park supposed to look like Eldred himself?) It’s actually El’s 54th birthday today. Aren’t you wondering why I know that? 2. The book is set in 1986, the year I graduated. So, Rainbow Rowell kinda had me at 1986. Although…I did … [Read more...]
A Eulogy for Gilbert Blythe
I can’t fathom it. Jonathan Crombie, the stage and screen actor who brought Gilbert Blythe to life in the near-flawless “Anne of Green Gables” miniseries, is dead at age 48. A brain hemorrhage, they say. And just like that, about forty years too young, the world loses a gifted actor, and a humble … [Read more...]
Cover Reveal: “Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter and Me”
So there are now gender reveals and makeover reveals and home improvement reveals--why not a cover reveal? Voila! Tada! Presenting the cover for my forthcoming memoir, "Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter and Me: What My Favorite Book Taught Me About Grace, Belonging, and the Orphan in Us … [Read more...]