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...novel, Imperfect Birds (Riverhead; 278 pages), functions in reverse, suggesting all the terror of the big picture. It's about Elizabeth and James, liberal do-gooders from Marin County, California (and the subjects of her previous novels Rosie and Crooked Little Heart), and their daughter Rosie. At 17, Rosie is "black-haired, strapping and fabulous" and an academic high achiever, but she does every drug under the sun, including her peers' parentally dispensed Adderall. The book is a stark illustration of deception, denial and parents' desperate desire to stay loved. You emerge from its last bittersweet pages ready to drug...
...latest Sam update: he is 20, studying industrial design and father to an 8-month-old boy, Jax. Lamott didn't expect to become a grandmother this soon (she's about to turn 56). "My heart sank," she admits. "But I have written a lot of books about faith, and it was really money-where-your-mouth-is time." Jax "has just been an absolute blessing every step of the way," she says. She keeps perspective: it's better to gain a child to love than to lose one. And being a grandmother is a blast, she says. "It really...
Instrumental in developing Wide World of Sports in the nascent years of ABC Sports, Chet later headed NBC Sports and had a guiding hand in numerous technical innovations, such as the use of instant replay. And, again with the fan in mind and at heart, he hired a Koufax, a Kubek, and several other great sports names as commentators. With two networks behind him, Chet then went to ESPN, becoming the 24-hour sports channel's first president in 1979. "What lies ahead for cable television is incalculable," he said. How right...
...Johnny Cash at San Quentin State Prison in 1969, flipping the bird directly at Jim's lens, or the Beatles during their final concert performance, or Janis Joplin with her bottle of Southern Comfort, laughing at one of his jokes. There was no hair and makeup, no styling. At heart, he was a photojournalist. With a Leica camera or two hanging from his neck, Jim fought to get the best images he could, no matter whom or what he was shooting...
...weekend finish set us up well for the rest of the season,” Saretsky said. “It was a good last chance for fine tuning before the heart of competition...