Hannah was her mother’s first and only child, the perfect creation Mary had always dreamed of, her major life achievement. Mary couldn’t get enough of her new baby. The feedings in the first weeks enthralled her. Hannah’s mouth around the aureole of her swollen breast, her lips ardently sucking as her tiny tongue circled […]
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How Hannah learned to go into hiding with her lovers
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Why Ellie should never have slept with her therapist
Ellie didn’t see it coming but should have. Arianna’s shock at the exhibition when Jeremy Seitman of New York Magazine announced that her austere images of solitary people are what Edward Hopper might have captured had he used a camera. And her rage when she read Christian Vincenti’s review in the Village Voice that […]
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Fear of Flying: The fear comes with it. You need to conquer it.
Ellie pulled up to the corner of 82nd and Third Avenue in a red BMW convertible and screeched to a halt as a gust of hot summer wind blew her silky espresso hair around her face. Hannah slid in beside her and Ellie gave her a deep, searching kiss.
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What Was Missed in the Shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman
In all of the media commentary and analyses of the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, the focus was almost entirely on the three rules of evidence employed in deciding if George Zimmerman was guilty of murdering the teenage boy. These rules from least to most rigorous include:
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What should you look for when you’ve finally reached the point that you think you need a couples therapist?
So you’ve finally reached the breaking point after endless arguments that lead nowhere. But you still want to save your relationship. What do you do now?
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