I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass

I See You Everywhere is the story of two sisters, Clem and Lousia.  Clem is slightly more adventurous than Louisa, but Louisa has more refined tastes.  It’s a collection of random events starting with the death of an aunt and the divvying up of her possessions.   This is followed by tales of the sisters various loves and loses, adventures with whales and artists, a battle with cancer, and the kidnapping of a pack of hunting hounds. We meet lovers, parents, and co-workers.  Life, such as it is, goes on.  We trudge along in the wake of the sisters and…

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A single rose can be my garden. . .

Leo Buscalia was a happy loud mouth that liked to state the bleeding obvious and make it sound like a blinding revelation. He was fun to listen to, his books can’t touch the power of his speaking. I only saw him on TV, but he was fun to watch. Leo Buscalia told a story about a young woman in one of his classes. She kills herself one night when her boyfriend neglects to call her. It’s a standard sad and poignant story. But Leo takes it to the next logical step, he asks: What could she have done, besides killing…

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