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Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now: The Best of Mary Schmich,Used
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Over the last two decades, Mary Schmichs biweekly column in the Chicago Tribune has offered advice, humor, and discerning commentary on a broad array of topics including family, milestones, mental illness, writing, and life in Chicago. Schmich won the 2012 Pulitzer for Commentary for her downtoearth columns that reflect the character and capture the culture of her famed city.This collection brings together her ten Pulitzerwinning columns along with 154 others, creating a compelling collection that reflects Schmichs thoughtful and insightful sensibility. The book is divided into 13 sections, with topics focused on loss and survival, relationships, Chicago, travel, holidays, reading and writing, and more. Schmichs 1997 Wear Sunscreen column (which has had a life of its own as a falsely attributed Kurt Vonnegut commencement speech) is included, as well as her columns focusing on the demolition of Chicagos infamous CabriniGreen housing project. One of the most moving sections is her twelvepart series with U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow, as the latter reflected on rebuilding her life after the horrific murders of her mother and husband.Schmichs columns are both universal and deeply personal. The first section of The Best of Mary Schmich is dedicated to columns about her mother, and her stories of coping with her mothers aging and eventual death. Throughout the book, Schmich reflects wisely and wryly on the world we live in, and her fond observances of Chicago life bring the city in all its varied character to warm, vivid life.
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