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Love. Friendship. Wisdom.
New Content
- "A Writer is Born" - Bonnie Glover essay
- Spring Reading List - on Bonnie's Cafe
- A Piece of Cake - Book Review
- "I am not myself these Days" - Book Review
"Going Down South"
My newest novel is due for release July
29, 2008
Pre-Order from Random House at this link - Going Down South - A Novel
When fifteen-year-old Olivia Jean discovers
that she is pregnant, her parents flee their New York home and bring her to her
grandmother Birdie's Alabama farm. They plan on leaving her there for the duration
of her pregnancy, but Birdie insists that Olivia Jean can stay only if her mother,
Daisy, stays as well. Though she and her mother have been estranged for years, Daisy
sees no alternative but to send her beloved, though unfaithful husband back north
and settle in to life "down South" with her mother and daughter. Now that these
three generations of proud, spirited women are together under one roof, Birdie,
Daisy, and Olivia Jean must make sense of their roles as mothers -- and find a place
in their lives for love, independence and each other. -- Bonnie J. Glover
"The Middle Sister"
First novel by Bonnie Glover
As Pam’s mother becomes increasingly unstable, the three sisters pull in different directions. Pam may have a way out through school but she cannot escape entirely the danger and pain around her own insistent sexuality. Full of local color, from the enormous feasts prepared by a hugely fat boyfriend to the excited response to a Brooklyn screening of Planet of the Apes. THE MIDDLE SISTER introduces a new literary voice.
"The Middle Sister" is now available as an audiobook!
Visit www.recordedbooks.com or call 1.800.638.1304 to order your copy.
"The Middle Sister" nominated for the 2007 international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Romance - An Essay
On a whim I decided to read a book I’d read about thirty years ago. I wanted to
see if I still felt the same way about the characters, about the setting and perhaps
even about the genre: romance. Well, I knew I didn’t feel the same way about the
genre. I’ve gone from Harlequin Romances to Eckert Tolle, Coetzee, Atwood, Jin,
Mosley, Sinclair, Butler, etc. I’ve changed over the years. Changing doesn’t imply
that I’ve changed for the better, just that I’ve moved on to sampling other types
of writing. I’m proud these days of saying that I’m an eclectic reader. I love reading
great writers. Science fiction has as much a place on my shelves as fictional autobiographies,
satire, literary fiction, mysteries and police procedurals. I have always admired
Stephen King and his way with words and the way he makes me shiver. I recall...
In Case of Loss of Friend - An Essay
In case of loss of friend, be prepared for what your body does and how your mind
does not take control of the situation.
I have always thought that our minds and bodies are on one accord, that they are
in a synchronistic pattern that cannot be easily disturbed. There is the beautiful
symmetry with which they operate together. The mind says do this and the body does.
For instance, look at pregnancy. The conscious mind does not know what is going
on. But you better believe that the subconscious does; she commands and it is done!
She says, “Make her period stop, her nipples hurt, layer that uterus. How about
throwing in some nausea in the mornings? Afternoons too. That pee has got to get
funkier than that,” and so on. The clues in the physical are put together by the
conscious mind when a little red line appears and you sit on the john in disbelief.
But you shouldn’t be in disbelief because you know what you did to get pregnant
in the first place.
Read more....In Case of Loss of Friend
