Good Read: Boston Girl

Written by Anita Diamant of The Red Tent fame, Boston Girl is the story of a young Jewish woman from an immigrant family growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century.

Addie Baum is the Boston Girl and is telling the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her “How did you get to be the woman you are today.” She begins in 1915, the year she found her voice and made friends who would help shape the course of her life. From the one-room tenement apartment she shared with her parents and two sisters, to the library group for girls she joins at a neighborhood settlement house, to her first, disastrous love affair and the work she finds, Addie recalls her adventures with compassion and humor.

While reading this book, I couldn't help imagine that my own daughter was interviewing her grandmothers who belonged to this generation of women finding their place in the changing world of the twentieth century.

I highly recommend this good read.

Unlikely Friends

This image caught my eye the other day, mostly because of all the different colors on one vine.

It reminded of the new Android television ad. It's the ditty they chose that makes me look up. Roger Miller's "Robin Hood and Little John walking through the forest...". Next are the cutest and most unusual animal pairs having a great time. And in the end, the message: Be together. Not the same.
It's brilliant!

If you haven't seen it, here it is:

Don't you just love advertising like this!

Martin - Again

Love this music and his voice!