Has anybody read Shuggie Bain? The Booker Prize winner? Is it any good? Should I read it?

I’m a person with a reading list from here to eternity, so I have to pick wisely.

It’s good that my husband is not suspicious because that confession lasted a very long time. A more suspicious man might wonder what kind of sins I have that require such a long enumeration. In reality, though, the priest and I got into a theological debate over the need to read the Old Testament.

Klara: “Mommy, I told you, I only wear drop waist dresses. Do you know what that means?”

Me: “No, but I have a feeling you can teach me.”

Where do they learn this stuff, seriously?