If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story.
Maggie ShipsteadTold with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out of the Pacific surf to journalism school in North Carolina and through the complex challenges and unexpected joys of a cross-cultural marriage and family. This book is a powerfully personal account of the courage and hard work necessary to open one's heart and keep it that way.
Maggie ShipsteadI think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating yourself up.
Maggie ShipsteadI, the lone inhabitant of my body and life, am inescapably large to myself, but also ridiculously, inconceivably small.
Maggie ShipsteadWith impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady Habits combines Austen's shrewd mastery of domestic economics with Updike's compassion for the melancholy commuter to make something elegant, fresh, and brilliant.
Maggie Shipstead