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 Fall Asleep Forgetting
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“A master class
in sparse, clear prose,
Fall Asleep Forgetting
is a compelling and mesmerizing read, infused with an elegiac ambience. It will
make you laugh and cry in equal measures. You’ll not fall asleep forgetting this
book.” –Sam Millar for The New York Journal of
Books
“The book
buzzes with passion.” –Kirkus
“The problem
is Packard’s writing is too good. Like a delicious meal, I couldn’t slow down
when it came to eating it up; devouring whole chapters at a time. What’s wrong
with that? In truth, this is a book meant to be savored slowly. The writing is
delectable, deliriously rich and expressive.” --Luna
Sea
“This is the
kind of reading experience I wait for. Fall Alseep Forgetting absolutely
charmed me by pulling me into Cherry Grove, a trailer park in the Northeast on
the shore….The authors description of food, place, and surroundings is
entrancing. I found myself looking forward to getting home just so I could pick
up where I left off…. Highly recommended.” –Library
Thing reviewer
"An intense, original, and thoroughly
grownup novel. In sensuous and poetic language,
Packard tells a powerful story of a group
of oddball characters joined only by place and a desire to in some way ease the
pain of a beautiful, doomed man. This novel resonates."
—Patricia
Grossman, author of Radiant Daughter
and Ferro-Grumley Award winning novelist for
Brian In Three Seasons
GEORGEANN PACKARD is a writer, graphic designer, and photographer who also designs, draws and installs landscapes on the North Fork of Long Island.
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 Giving it All Away: The Doris Buffett Story
Read about Doris Buffett in the National Enquirer
"Inspiring story of a woman who is using her wealth for philanthropy."
Kirkus
When she was a toddler in Omaha, her parents called her Mary Sunshine.
Warren Buffett's big sister Doris has never lost that quality, despite personal problems that would have soured others on the world. The "retail" philanthropist known as the Sunshine Lady derives such joy from helping others on a one on one basis that emotional abuse by a mother who may have been bipolar, a string of horrific marriages, nearly losing her home after the 1987 stock market crash, two bouts of cancer, and, worst of all, estrangement from her own children, have never hardened her heart.
Instead, her own problems have caused empathy for others, evident since childhood, to deepen over the years. She has donated $100 million of her own money, mostly to individuals in trouble through no fault of their own, often taking the time to call them personally to determine the best way to help. At 82, her goal is to give away her entire fortune, which remains substantial despite her generosity and the stock market crash of 2008.
"She identifies with the underdog," Warren says.
Perhaps more important than the material gifts she bestows is her message, resonating through her own example: We can all write our own destiny. We can all maintain nobility, optimism and selflessness in the face of uncertainty and pain. And caring for others more than we do for ourselves is the most rewarding thing in life.
Michael Zitz has been a writer for Directors & Boards and Mergers & Acquisitions journals in Washington and is an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist for The Free Lance-Star, a Virginia daily. He has known Doris Buffett since 1992, before she started to do philanthropic work with her Sunshine Lady Foundation. He studied journalism at the University of Arizona, the American University and Florida Southern College. He lives in Fredericksburg, Va., with his wife and children.
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