Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses By Claire Dederer

Claire Dederer has written a witty and heartfelt book. Through her spiritual search practicing yoga, she finds that the poses weren't just acrobatic feats. The deeper that she explored them, the more they tested her most basic ideas of what makes a good mother, daughter, friend and wife. Suddenly headstand, was a way to wrestle with anxieties that she had always dodged, jump through helped her to understand her mother's flight (and maybe her own pursuit of freedom) and the dreaded crow reminded her that loosing one's balance could be worth a great deal more than keeping one's feet on the ground.

It's a wonderful book!!!!

THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman

Set against the glorious backdrop of Rome, this debut novel follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it and themselves afloat.

There is Lloyd Burko, the Paris Correspondent who at the end lives with his son, Jerome and knows nothing of the demise of the paper. Arthur Gopal, the Obituary Writer who looses both his wife to divorce and his daughter to death, goes on to make a new life as a New York reporter for a major newspaper. Hardy Benjamin, the Business Reporter is still with her boyfriend, Rory. Herman Cohen, the Corrections Editor, was going to retire and write a history of the paper in Philadelphia, but instead is enjoying his grandkids. Kathleen Solson, the Editor-in-Chief, has an open marriage and at the end returns to Washington with her husband to work in a lower ranking position. Winston Cheung the Cairo Stringer comes back to the United States to work in animal care. Ruby Zaga, the Copy Editor, continues to live in Rome, not Queens. She has earned enough money not to have to work. Craig Menzies, the Editor-in-Chief leaves journalism to work at a lobbying firm in Brussels, sets up a science workshop in his garage and occasionally thinks about Annika. Abby Pinnola, the Chief Financial Officer was offered a position at Ott headquarters, but decides to work for LehmanBrothers.

All of these characters are not perfect, but very likeable!!!!!