Met up with my mom and sisters for dinner at Extra Virgin in the West Village. Mom was ordered to open her gifts in order of lamest to least lame, so mine was handed over first. (I gave her two books and a bunch of peonies.) Not that I consider books a lame gift, but when your banker sister splurges on diamond earrings, your gift sort of falls into the macaroni necklace category. The books I gave her were Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman–unfortunate title notwithstanding, she writes brilliantly and hilariously about motherhood, and Then We Came to The End, by Joshua Ferris. I also picked up a book for myself, Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. I’ve been avoiding it because I understand that everyone who reads it becomes a vegetarian. But I’m ready. I ordered what might be my last guilt-free spaghetti and meatball dinner.
Mom’s Day with the sisters
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June 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 am
Ms. Sandell,
I admire you, and your family. I was on break from working in Cambridge, MA today, and felt like reading; when I stumbled upon a store downtown, I fell into a section that consisted mostly of graphic novels (I’m not usually a fan). However I gave the blurb a chance, and purchased the book. I read it the entire day, throughout work. Nothing about your family surprised or shocked me (they all seem like wonderful people), but I loved the honesty of it, and how I could relate, while I read, to a human being acting out what he/she wished they could have been (even at their most ill points of life). I’m so glad you’ve written this memoir. Congratulations.
Thanks for the experience,
Kate