Maybe We're All Like That With Our

I Am Old Enough To Know Only Too Well My Good And Bad Qualities, Which Were Often One In The Same.

My Hardcover Sales Are 17% Down In Books But Up 400% In Electronics.

People Say You Need To Be Strong, Smart, And Lucky To Survive Hard Times, War, A Natural Disaster, Or Physical Torture. But I Say Emotional Abuse—anxiety, Fear, Guilt, And Degradation—is Far Worse And Much Harder To Survive.

All These Types Of Love Come Out Of Duty, Respect, And Gratitude. Most Of Them, As The Women In My County Know, Are Sources Of Sadness, Rupture, And Brutality.

Maybe We're All Like That With Our Mothers. They Seem Ordinary Until One Day They're Extraordinary.