Jeanne Marie Laskas
Auteur van Concussion
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Jeanne Marie Laskas writes the "Significant Others" column for the "Washington Post Magazine," which reaches 1.5 million people weekly. A contributing editor to "Esquire," she also writes for "GQ," "Life," "Allure," "Redbook," "Good Housekeeping," "Health," "Reader's Digest," & "This Old House." toon meer She is the author of "The Balloon Lady & Other People I Know" & "We Remember: Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words & Pictures." She lives & farms with her husband, along with their poodle, mutts, mules, sheep, & other animals, at Sweetwater Farm in western Pennsylvania. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Scott Goldsmith 2012
Werken van Jeanne Marie Laskas
Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm (2000) 278 exemplaren
Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country… (2012) 240 exemplaren
We Remember: Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words and Pictures (1999) 35 exemplaren
The Balloon Lady and Other People I Know (Emerging Writers in Creative Nonfiction) (1996) 10 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- LASKAS, Jeanne Marie
- Geboortedatum
- 1958-09-22
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
- Opleiding
- Villanova University
St. Joseph's University
University of Pittsburgh - Beroepen
- columnist (The Washington Post)
correspondent (GQ magazine)
contributing editor (Esquire)
professor (creative writing, University of Pittsburgh) - Organisaties
- The Washington Post Magazine
GQ Magazine
Esquire
University of Pittsburgh
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I still love football, but after listening to this book, I would have no problems if no one ever played the game again, given the dangers and terrifying effects of CTE.
I was deeply disappointed in this book. It was awkwardly paced and the dialog shifts were jarring to me.
I laughed my way through most of this book. There was a "suspenseful" part in the middle where I didn't know what was going to happen, but other than that, I laughed. Laskas writes about buying a farm, literally, with her husband-to-be in rural Pennsylvania. She and Alex are about as city as people can be. Thankfully, they both had a sense of humor to handle all the ups and downs of being on a farm. I admire the drive to achieve a dream and to stick with it. Great book!
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- 9
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- 1,154
- Populariteit
- #22,276
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 71
- ISBNs
- 44
- Talen
- 3
- Favoriet
- 5
Anyway, I was entertained by Bennets life and I liked learning about Nigeria and the Igbo culture. I thought his family history and himself was very impressive. The book was slightly boring but I definitely learned a lot about CTE, the shady ways of the NFL, and Nigeria. I felt very sad for Bennet because if I worked that hard, only to have my work and research be told it was "Bad and unethical" I would be crushed.
The only thing I would say but it wasn't really bad or anything, I just felt a lot of the information was rushed in a way towards the end.
I'm going to see the movie this weekend with my father, so I hope Will Smith doesn't disappoint.… (meer)