Paige Smith Orloff invents sisterhood from scratch.
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A 17th Century Commonplace Book
O NE OF MY SISTER-FRIENDS is going through a rough, tough time. Wisely, I think, she’s remembered to put out the call to her sisters both real (lucky girl, she has two of them) and virtual for support. I was particularly struck by a brilliant request she made a couple of weeks ago. What did she ask for to get her through? You’ll never guess. [click to continue…]
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I SPENT A RECENT WEEKEND at my 25th high school reunion. That’s not as scary as it sounds. I loved high school (I know, hate me, I deserve it) and some of my best friends in the whole world are the women who first knew me then. [click to continue…]
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A S THE SISTERLESS SISTER HERE ON TSP, I’m always on the lookout for tales of non-traditional sisterhood: women who may not share biology, but find kinship all the same. Muriel Barbery’s funny and haunting novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a phenomenon in its native France, offers just such a relationship–not to mention a terrific, challenging read. [click to continue…]
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This is what an $88 bra looks like.
I DON’T REALLY REMEMBER shopping for my first bra; I’m sure I was with my mother, who insists that I remember everything. (See Mom? I don’t. Some things are better blocked right out.) [click to continue…]
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DON’T YOU LOVE it when your treasured sister-friend tells you “You have to read this!” and you do, and it’s a can’t-put-it-down experience? My most recent sister-must-read is Isabel Gillies’ Happens Every Day. The book is billed as a divorce memoir, and it is, but it’s also clear-eyed, funny and hopeful. And yes–I couldn’t put it down. [click to continue…]
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I FIND MYSELF DRAWN to art evoking sister imagery, like that of LISA CONGDON.
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