Dears, I wanted to share some of the wonderful words people have sent me after reading Brain in a Jar. I have chosen to share the responses from folks whom I don’t know and who would have no reason to write to me except to share their heartfelt reactions. (Some of these were sent to me…
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Book Ends & Begins Again
Dears, In all the madness of Brain in a Jar being published and traveling the East Coast, I forgot (not an Alzheimer’s related slip) to tell you that the book has been nominated for a National Book Award! The day Brain in a Jar came off the presses, Broadstone Books immediately filed the paperwork. It’s…
Elvis and Me
Dears, I really love this: Publisher’s Weekly has announced the sale of BIAJ to Fingerprint Press in India. As if that wasn’t cool enough, my sale followed the sale of Elvis Costello’s memoir to Holland. One of my favorite songs of all time is Costello’s “Veronica,” which was inspired by his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s…