I am heading out tomorrow for my crazy vacation/wedding attending/book tour. As a reminder, I’ll be reading, signing, and Q&Aing; at the following locations: Saturday August 12Borders2015 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, NY 2pm Tuesday August 15Everyone’s Books25 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT7pm Thursday August 17Baker Books69 State Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 7pm I’ll post from the road […]
1925: Things that Turn Men Against You
Oh, my. You’re going to love this one. I found it in Elinor Glyn’s This Passion Called Love (1925) while looking in the books for something for a friend to read at her cousin’s wedding rehearsal dinner last weekend (never fear — she did not read this one). As we can tell by a sampling […]
August 15 in Brattleboro, VT
Final August book tour date is set! I’ll be reading and signing Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage: Tuesday August 15th at 7pmEveryone’s Books25 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301(802) 254-8160 I look forward to seeing you there!
Miss Abigail on the Dr. Laura Berman radio show
Miss Abigail appears on the Dr. Laura Berman radio show this week to discuss how dating has changed over time. If you are Dr. Laura Berman listener and are new to MissAbigail.com, welcome! If you are curious about the quote I read on air, here it is in its entirety: When a Fellow Gets Fresh. […]
Book Links: Library Thing and Book Wormz
A few book related sites to direct you to: 1) If you are a book fiend like myself and haven’t heard of LibraryThing yet, get yourself over to the site and get to work! Here you can create an entire catalog of your books, pull in records from all over the place, add tags, share […]
August 17 in North Dartmouth, Mass.
One more book signing & event date confirmed. Look for me at: Baker Books69 State Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 027477pm It’s not on the events calendar yet but I’ll be there!
Fun with Teachers!
As some of you are aware, my day job is at the Library of Congress (important disclaimer: my job is totally unrelated to this site and my book!). Today, I had the opportunity to meet some wonderful teachers from around the country. I was asked by some librarian colleagues to talk about my book collecting […]
1946: The Care of the Skin
It’s gosh darn hot here in the District of Columbia area! But that’s nothing new. Take a look at this post from the pre-blog days of Miss Abigail: The Care of the Skin from a 1946 book titled Youth, Sex, and Life, written by Gladys Cox. A brief excerpt to tempt you to click on […]
August 12 signing in Buffalo
Details are confirmed — I’ll be at the Borders in Cheektowaga, New York (suburbs of Buffalo), Saturday August 12 at 2pm. Stop by to say hi, hear some advice, and get a book signed! More details at the Borders events page. I’m still finalizing my Vermont and Massachusetts signings that same week, will keep you […]
1962: It’s a Boy!
My sister and her husband welcomed a bouncing baby boy to the world today. He was born a bit early, but thankfully everything seems to be fine and hopefully he’ll get to go home soon. With two little girls already in the house, the family might want to read up on W. Cleon Skousen’s So […]