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Susan Orlean

Friday, July 17, 2009

Even after she had seven books to her credit (and was the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep), Susan Orlean endured a piece of familiar fatherly advice: go to law school, in case writing “didn’t work out.” Practical but always optimistic, her father came of age during the Great Depression. Orlean thinks she could use some of his can-do attitude now.

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Susan Orlean

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Tom Kurzenbaum from Orlando Florida

As someone who is not a member of the idle rich, Susan Orlean's narrative was just what I needed to hear. Just laid off from my job, depressed and worried about the future but her words and sentiments give me hope to move forward, reinvent myself once again, and get back into the business of life.

Jul. 19 2009 04:51 PM
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