Aug 26, 2011 | A Day In My Life
First rule for working at the White House: expect the unexpected. Whatever I have planned to do on any given day, I arrive at working prepared to toss those plans out the window and do whatever is asked of me. Take for example the recent earthquake that shook D.C. and...
Aug 25, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Hi. My name is Charlotte Bessette. I’m a cheese shop owner in Providence, Ohio, raised by my first-generation French grandparents, Grandpère Etienne [Pépère] and Grandmère Bernadette in the thriving tourist town of Providence, Ohio. Up until recently, my grandparents...
Aug 24, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Shift work is tough on the body, never mind the social life. Molly Smith is 27 years old; she’s trying to make her way as a brand new police officer in the small British Columbia town where she grew up. As she says in In the Shadow of the Glacier, the first book in...