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WOMEN'S VOICES

Feb.08.2013

When women get together, their voices ring out. Please join us at these three events! The following authors will be reading:

SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1:00 PM - SF Library, Potrero Hill Branch: Pam Houston, Barbara Graham, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Mara Purl, Victoria Zackheim

SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 6:00 PM - Books, Inc. (San Francisco, Opera Plaza store): Sylvie Simmons, Barbara Graham, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Mara Purl, Victoria Zackheim

SUNDAY, FEB. 10, 7 PM - Book Passage (Corte Madera): Pam Houston, Barbara Graham, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Mara Purl, Victoria Zackheim, Allison Bartlett, Sylvia Simmons

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PUBLISHED: May.18.2012

EXIT LAUGHING: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death

Is there anything funny about death? As a matter of fact, there is, and 24 gifted authors have shared their true stories about the fascinating, compelling, and sometimes hilarious link between humor and death. Learn from Malachy McCourt what really happened to Angela's Ashes. Hold onto your sides as Jacquelyn Mitchard relates how, after her husband's wake, his three close...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.22.2011

He Said What?: Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed

I love you. The meeting ran late. I want a divorce. One little word, one casual lie, one devastating announcement—and our lives are turned upside down forever. In He Said What?, twenty-six gifted women writers share profoundly personal moments in which a man in their life said something—good or bad—that changed them irrevocably. Joyce Maynard reveals the profound humiliation and...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2009

The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age

When you were young and idealistic and you looked in the mirror, who did you see? What were your expectations for your life, and the expectations of those around you---family, teachers, community. And now that you've accomplished so much in your professional life, who do you see in that mirror? Are you satisfied or disappointed, bitter or hopeful? Twenty exceptional authors respond...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.12.2007

THE OTHER WOMAN: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal

The notion of the other woman is nothing new. It’s easy to call her names – jezebel, home wrecker, and bitch. Yet she’s actually our mother, daughter, sister, best friend, grandmother or aunt. In THE OTHER WOMAN: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal, these women share candid experiences of being on both sides of this common...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.15.2001

The Bone Weaver

Mimi Zilber has lost her lifelong friend and is left alone, emotionally isolated. How did she succeed with such prestige as a university professor, yet fail so miserably in her personal life? And why can't she allow herself to let down her guard and share her life with the man who adores her? By paying attention to her past, she begins to recognize that life is a tapestry and that...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.03.2007

For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance

"I love you. The meeting ran late. I want a divorce." One little word, one casual lie, one devastating announcement--and our lives are turned upside down forever. In "He Said" What?," " twenty-six gifted women writers share profoundly personal moments in which a man in their life said something--good or bad--that changed them irrevocably. Joyce Maynard reveals the profound...

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Victoria's Latest Blogs

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Oct.26.2012 - 5:42 pm

Living in Paris

When both of my children were off to college, I went to Paris for three months. I took a computer, printer, clothing for winter, and the key to the 17th century apartment I had...

Sep.20.2011 - 9:49 pm

Rats in San Francisco?

I live in Dogpatch, a historic San Francisco neighborhood on the east side of the city. Walk out of my building, cross the poorly maintained, railroad-tracked street -- I...

Mar.04.2011 - 9:05 am

Butterflies abounding

In the mid-eighties, I flew to London to attend a friend's wedding. This was my first foreign-land trip alone, having been through a divorce several years earlier. The morning...

Nov.02.2010 - 3:35 pm

Paris with Kids: A Perfect Family Day

Paris: breathtaking architecture, the Louvre, kings and queens and guillotines and, of course, wines and cheeses revered around the world. It is no mystery that this is a...

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Oct.25.2012 - 10:57 am

In response to: Memories or impressions of Paris

Living in Paris

When both of my children were off to college, I went to Paris for three months. I took a computer, printer, clothing...

Sep.21.2011 - 9:28 am

In response to: Rats in San Francisco?

My "larger lesson about life"

Brendan, hello! And thank you for the comment. I think "resigned bemusement" is an excellent observation. As for...

Mar.06.2011 - 9:24 pm

In response to: Memories or Impressions of England

Butterflies Abounding

In the mid-eighties, I flew to London to attend a friend's wedding. This was my first foreign-land trip alone, having...

Mar.04.2011 - 6:16 pm

In response to: Butterflies abounding

Jane, thank you.

Dec.19.2009 - 10:25 am

In response to: Growing up International

Your essay

Thanks for the kind mention...and for posting part of your exceptional essay. I've read it many times and yet always...

Writing

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Article: Give Me Anthologies...or Give Me Death: The Sarah Winchester Syndrome

Article: The Other Woman podcast for PsychJourney

Article: Review This!

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May.01.2009

THE OTHER WOMAN: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal

Published by O (Oprah) Magazine

Looking for a good time? Packed with trivia, deeply personal stories, and wacky accounts of scientific inquiry, these 10 books about sex are smart, engaging, occasionally...

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Image Gallery: HE SAID WHAT?

Audio: Second Chances radio commentary

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Video: The Today Show

Essayist, anthologist, novelist.”

—This gem of an anthology about what we fear, avoid, would rather not mention, let alone read about---death----is the funniest book I've read in years. (Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys and Looking for Mary)

About Victoria

VICTORIA ZACKHEIM is the author of The Bone Weaver and editor of five anthologies: He Said What?, The Other Woman; For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance, The Face in the Mirror:Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of...

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Causes Victoria Zackheim Supports

Delancey Street Foundation Move-on Emily's List Susan G. Komen for the Cure Heifer International