NEWS AND EVENTS

Ann's new book, Thoreau's Laundry, was recommended by Oprah in the July issue of O Magazine.

"Thoreau's Laundry" was selected as one the 100 Distinguished Stories of 2007 by Best American Short Stories and awarded special mention in the Pushcart Prize 2008.

Ann's memoir, "My Other Husband," appears in An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family, just out from HarperCollins. Reviews in People Magazine and the New York Times Book Review singled out her essay for special praise.

Ann will read at Brookline Booksmith on March 17 at 7:00 pm.

Ann will read at Newtonville books on April 6 at 2:00 pm.

Ann will read at the North Kingstown Library on april 23 at 7:00 pm.

Ann's new novel, The Year She Disappeared--featuring a feisty, sexy grandmother on the lam--will be out in March.