Family Puzzles: A Private Life Made Public

By Linda Weltner

For 15 years, award-winning columnist Linda Weltner has invited readers into her private life through her "Boston Globe" column, "Ever So Humble". Now for the first time in book form, these weekly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880913232
• ISBN13: 9781880913239
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Publishing/Editing Network
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Wish we could keep reading more of Linda

One of life's pleasures for many of us was reading Linda Weltner's columns in the Boston Globe. A friend in Boston would mail copies of Linda's "Ever so Humble" columns to me, before they were run online. I miss being able to read Linda's weekly columns, but thankfully, she left us all with two great column/essay collections. The pieces in this book are timeless slices of family life, beautifully written, to be read and savored any time we need to celebrate the comforts of home life -- real home life.

A student of life

Linda Weltner writes crisp prose peppered in humor and irony. She seems to be a student of life, who examines and dissects the relationships in her life. She is insightful, moving and very intelligent. Family Puzzles : A Private Life Made Public is engaging because it provides the reader with an honest look at Linda's private life and tribulations. And although we may pick up this book intending to be a voyeur, we finish it a friend and fan of Linda Weltner.

A timely expression of family relationships.

I enjoyed Ms. Weltner's book for a number of reasons. However, at this point in my own life, with aging parents and growing children, I find particular interest in her sharing of her own family experiences. I watch my own relationships change and bend, and I believe the more we share our experiences, the more we have to draw on for our own life and times.Linda shares a poem she wrote "The Crone". I absolutely loved it, and have shared it with several friends. It represents the voices of older and aging women in our society, who have been cast aside because of age. A wonderful refusal to give in, to give up. I would recommend the book for all who enjoy the personal touch. I like to come away with something from every book I read. If it is a new thought to ponder, or an old rememberance to recall, I feel I have enjoyed my reading time.