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"She Got Up off the Couch” is the follow-up story to “A Girl Named Zippy,” describing how Kimmel’s mother literally got up off the couch, enrolled herself in college, and made a better life for herself after her husband left. Proof that you’re never too old to start over, and how important it is for your children to see you pull yourself up."

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Nia Vardalos recommended Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born in Books (curated)

Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born

Jamie Lee Curtis | 2000 | Children, Fiction & Poetry

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"As I watched my daughter’s delighted face as I read her this book, I would send a silent “thank you” to the brain and heart of Jamie Lee Curtis. This is a story that celebrates the excitement an adoption brings to a family, while still normalizing the experience for all children who love to know about the moment they arrived to make a family whole."

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Dana Calvo recommended The Ice Storm (1997) in Movies (curated)

The Ice Storm (1997)

1997 | Drama

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"In the same way This Is Spinal Tap won me over with its commitment to comedy, this film nailed the complexities of a relationship. It starkly showed couples who were on autopilot—shut down and unreachable. And Ang Lee holds fast to the point of view of children, who see their flawed elders and try to organize their situation in the best way they can."

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Amy Fine Collins recommended The Innocents (1961) in Movies (curated)

The Innocents (1961)

1961 | Horror

8.0

(4 Ratings)

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"This is literary kismet, with screenwriter Truman Capote channeling Henry James—and with a child lead bearing the name of my own daughter, Flora. The story, which takes full measure of the spookiness and unknowability of children, has worked in every format—first James’s novella The Turn of the Screw, then the chamber opera of the same name, and finally this liminal black-and-white film."

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Susie Bright recommended Scenes from a Marriage (1973) in Movies (curated)

Scenes from a Marriage (1973)

1973 | Drama

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"Why didn’t you marry?” I’ve often been asked. Maybe it’s because my father took me to see Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, three hours long, when I was fourteen years old. So this is what adults talk about when children are out of the room! Little did I know that most searing breakups do not include lovers who are this articulate, this prescient."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Nora Webster in Books

Oct 5, 2020

Nora Webster

Colm Toibin | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

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Recently widowed Nora isn't sure about anything anymore. She has her children and her home and family, but she doesn't know much about being herself. Now that she's lost the man she loved for so long, she no longer has any choice but to finally find out. Read my review of this beautiful portrait of grief and strength, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/09/12/becoming-nora/