Delia Ephron—whom you likely know from her collaborations with her sister Nora—has written a memoir of illness, loss, love, and second chances at life. The title comes from the location of her Greenwich Village home; one must turn left onto Tenth Street, a one-way street. I devoured this book is two days, because it’s wonderful. Full disclosure: structurally, it’s an overstuffed sandwich, with the middle half all about Ephron’s struggles with recurring leukemia. The bread on either side concerns a bit of her history and falling in love again, then her return to full health after (brutal) treatment. Lots of texts and emails throughout.
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What I’m ReadingI began working in libraries as a seventh grader, courtesy of scoliosis. My orthopedic surgeon wrote me a pass to miss gym class, so I began working in the school library to feed my love of reading. Even after my surgery to correct the curvature, I kept getting out of gym to work in my high school library and then in my college library (for pay, at last!).
So began my eventual career as a college reference librarian—after a detour into teaching high school English. Later I worked for an educational publisher before going back to libraries.
I have a reading and writing life now. I devour both fiction and nonfiction, and will tell you about some of my favorite reads, both old friends and new discoveries.
Here's some library-themed music to get you in the mood.
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