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Staff recommendations from our 2011 Summer Newsletter

My Parents Were Awesome: Before Fanny Packs and Minivans, They Were People Too (Paperback)

By Eliot Glazer
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780345523921
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Villard, 4/2011
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Parents. What would we do without them? Oh, that’s right—we wouldn’t be here! And thanks to this little book (based on the clever and wildly successful website), we get a chance to celebrate parents for the people they were before they were, well, parents! Back when they were young and cool and busy doing young and cool things, like having keg parties in the backyard and seeing Queen in concert and wearing tube tops!! Oh wait, that was me. Sorry. Anyway, filled with vintage photos and terrific essays, this book will inspire you to appreciate the people who literally made you who you are today. —George

Awkward.: What to Do When Life Makes You Cringe (Paperback)

By Sam Scholfield, Eliot Lucas
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781615190386
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Experiment, 8/2011
This is a hilarious twist on the usual “empowering” self-help guides. Scholfield addresses those many life situations that we encounter that define us not by our greatness but by our ability to really shove our proverbial foot in our huge mouth! From awkward conversations like “I don’t really want to marry you,” to getting caught on camera and on the Internet, here’s advice on navigating the minefield of situational I-wish-I-could-die or at the very least, disappear-until-I’m-not-a-disgrace-anymore moments. —Adrienne
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