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diary of a family turned upside down
Leah McLaren
Nov 11, 2022
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The Strictest Headmistress in Britain
Katharine Birbalsingh runs one of Britain’s top-ranked schools, free to attend and catering almost entirely to underserved low-income, minority kids. So…
Leah McLaren
Sep 5, 2022
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in vacuo
It’s been four months now since our little world was turned upside down. Nearly three since my sons have had any substantive contact with their dad. In…
Leah McLaren
Jan 25
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what’s the point?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Kurt Vonnegut, specifically something he said in a famous interview in 1995. He was asked some tedious boilerplate…
Leah McLaren
Feb 1
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A conversation with the writer Lauren Hough
"What's interesting I think is I've always been this person, with this voice, and the way people react to me when I speak has never changed. They either…
Leah McLaren
Oct 13, 2022
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things fall apart
If you want to do something nice for someone you love, consider buying a gift subscription by clicking the green button above. And if you haven’t yet…
Leah McLaren
Nov 15, 2022
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you can't write about this stuff
laundry from the cracks
Leah McLaren
Feb 17
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enmeshment
a mother-daughter love story
Leah McLaren
Jul 26, 2022
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close a door, open a window, bake a cake
on the importance of tasks and contentment (plus a recipe)
Leah McLaren
Jan 5
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suffer the little children
In university I had had a good friend who’s extended family included a branch of devout Christian Scientists. They had a big family cottage on a lake in…
Leah McLaren
Nov 25, 2022
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fighting is cool
It’s our second home visit from social services, our case file is still under review. Frank is showing Elvis his dance moves. I’m making dinner in the…
Leah McLaren
Nov 21, 2022
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how to be good
on the Marxist bargain of motherhood and the trouble with Fleishman is in Trouble
Leah McLaren
Mar 8
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