Quote of the day
My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!
Laura Furman

Born: 1945 (age 80)
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)