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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

Time alone with my father (of blessed memory) Jack Bloom was rare and precious. Our cousin Elliot took over the family business as our fathers retired (he was our only male Bloom cousin so he was always the heir apparent), automated early and aggressively, built it up into several thriving divisions, and then sold at the absolute peak.

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Fall Reading List

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Set during WWII era, become enveloped in the story of Anna Kerrigan, Brooklyn Navy Yard’s only female diver, her father Eddie Kerrigan, a union worker and man in the mob, and his boss, Dexter Styles. Looking Ahead: Reread A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle before it hits theaters March 2018! Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (Oct).

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