“When we read, we make believe. We aren’t duped or ensorcelled. Deep down we decide. We make ourselves believe.”
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How My Mother’s Dying Wish Took My Family to Antarctica
“What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.”
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The Baby Whisperer
“Marian Fraser once ran the go-to day care for Waco’s elite. But the community turned against her after she was arrested for the death of a child in her charge. The evidence against her was circumstantial, yet many came to believe there had long been a dark secret to her success.”
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The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
“When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.”
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Ms. Rachel Grew Up on Mister Rogers. Now She’s Carrying on His Legacy.
“The YouTube star wants her audiences—adults and children alike—to see the humanity of all people.”
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Nowhere in the World To Run: The International Law Ripping Children From Their Mothers
“The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it’s often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.”
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Active Recall
“As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes.”
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A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
“Would you raise kids with your best pals?”
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I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix
“Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted.”
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If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
“Perhaps part of Orli’s legacy is insisting on this conversation.”