Quote of the day
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.
Laura Furman

Born: 1945 (age 81)
Bio: Laura J. Furman is an American author best known for her role as series editor for the. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Mirabella, Ploughshares, Southwest Review, Yale Review, and elsewhere'.
Known for:
- The Mother Who Stayed: Stories (2011)
- Ordinary paradise (1998)
- Tuxedo Park (1986)
- Drinking with the cook (2001)
- The Shadow Line (1982)






