Sometimes the good guys actually win.    I just read tomorrow’s book review in the NYTimes of my friend Beverly Jensen’s novel, The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay .   It’s a rave – written by Richard Russo.     What makes it particularly joyful is that Beverly died several years ago.  Her wonderful husband persisted in getting her stories out there; […]

Mary Carroll wrote a new blog post: morning musings #4 %s

I woke up thinking about two women who were very dear to me – both of whom have been dead for some years now.   I decided I would Nora Ephron them with my morning coffee.   The first, Beverly Jensen, came up immediately.   She has a novel coming out in June, based on many short stories […]

Mary Carroll wrote a new blog post: morning musings 3 %s

I spent parts of yesterday sobbing – great big gobs of sobs.  This is something I don’t remember ever doing, though I’ve done my fair share of crying.   I also spent yesterday trying to figure out which of the stressors in my life was unleashing such grief.  That IS what it felt like.     I began […]