Category Archives: Rachel in the World

September 10, 2008

Jane Bernstein on Sarah Palin

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Jane Bernstein, author of Rachel in the World: A Memoir, posted Sarah Palin: No Friend to Children and Adults with Disabilities on the Beacon Broadside blog. “Sarah Palin loves Trig. She is celebrated for making the choice to have this baby, seen … Continue reading →

August 20, 2008

“Rachel in the World” endorsed by B&N Notable Reader

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Sandra Tsing Loh includes Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World in her Notable Reader roundup for Barnes & Noble Review. “One of the most extraordinary, awful, funny, candid, heart-rending, brave books about motherhood I’ve ever read.”

December 13, 2007

Jane Bernstein interviewed on NPR’s The Story with Dick Gordon

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NPR’s The Story with Dick Gordon will air an interview today with University of Illinois Press author Jane Bernstein about her book Rachel in the World: A Memoir.  The program originates on North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC and can be heard … Continue reading →

December 10, 2007

The Houston Chronicle lauds “Rachel in the World”

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  Michael Berryhill praises Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World: A Memoir in the Houston Chronicle: “I am not entirely sure how someone who is not raising a mentally retarded child will take this book. But as a parent who is, I … Continue reading →

December 4, 2007

“Another episode in the life of a not-bestselling writer…” by Jane Bernstein

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Woke up at 6 AM to drive across Pennsylvania, a state that has come to seem endlessly long. I arrived an hour early and found the bookstore from my itinerary in a strip mall anchored by K-Mart. The store itself was between … Continue reading →

November 27, 2007

“A Few Notes from North Carolina” by Jane Bernstein

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I try to be realistic about bookstore appearances in places where I don’t have friends and family to fill up the chairs and hope that someone shows up;­ maybe even a half-dozen people. A dozen would be fabulous. Thinking small gives me … Continue reading →

November 12, 2007

The Washington Post reviews Jane Bernstein’s “Rachel in the World”

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The November 11, 2007, issue of the Washington Post contains a review of Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World: A Memoir. “The book makes it clear that we, as a society, are not set up to help people like her … Continue reading →

October 8, 2007

Jane Bernstein in The New York Times Magazine

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The October 7, 2007, issue of The New York Times Magazine featured a “Lives” essay by Jane Bernstein that was adapted from her new book Rachel in the World. V approves.

October 2, 2007

Jane Bernstein Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review

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Jane Bernstein’s new book Rachel in the World: A Memoir received a favorable review in the September 30th issue of her hometown daily, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Jane will be discussing Rachel in the World and her previous memoir, Loving Rachel: … Continue reading →