Books + friendship = book club

You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house." He laughed. "I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career.

but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.