Emily bEbers/b can?t stand her mother. Not only has Alice taken her far away from her home and all of her friends, so they can live in a ?nice, safe neighborhood,? she?s also divorced Emily?s fabulous dad. Now Emily?s too far away to visit him b..../b It doesn?t take long for Marne to realize that her summer bvacation/b won?t be all fun and games. She?s introduced to a new culture while staying with her Chasidic rabbi uncle, her busy, controlling aunt, and their seven children. b.../b
Once you?re locked out, there goes your severance pay, your earned bvacation/b pay, and all the other stuff you already worked for. The bank says it?s sorry, the managers say they?re sorry ? everyone is sorry, but you?re out of a job and they start up another b.../b I?m passing this along to Dave von bEbers/b (http://journalplagueyear.blogspot.com/) a lawyer who lives in Oak Park. He is also pals with another lawyer in that area who is counsel for a couple of Gitmo detainees. b.../b
Summer slips by so fast, with so many projects to accomplish, and in the blink of an eye it's the last day of bvacation/b, and even though you've been carrying around Stuart Little all summer--and, as we all know, carrying a project around is practically the same b.../b Jeremy Fink, Ruby Lu, and Emily bEbers/b are all fast-moving, wonderful reads. If you need a place on your list to start. I totally empathized with Moxy, too, though reading is what I put off other things with. b.../b
