Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!

Food is a great way of communicating.

I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.

Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.