Gaili SchoenJun 182 minThis Time Tomorrow"We're all trying to sort out our inner messes.... It's not about the time. It's about how you spend it."
Gaili SchoenJun 13 minEvery Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Piano LessonsSome joys make you want to rush into them while others make you want to hold off as if happiness were a pool you were testing with your toes
Gaili SchoenMay 173 minMemphis"Miss Dawn's arms were like the branches of the tree that grew up in the middle of her home -- strong and sinewy, ancient and elegant..."
Gaili SchoenMay 163 minOne Day I Shall Astonish the World"If there was one thing I had learned ...it was that scientists like to appear creative, and artists like to appear relevant."
Gaili SchoenMay 22 minLeft On Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir "One day, I say in despair, 'This is rough. And he, staring down at me intently says, 'This is war.'"
Gaili SchoenApr 232 minThe Lager Queen of Minnesota"Making pies...with the frantic pace at Tippi's, it was more difficult to surrender to the sadness that grabbed her at quiet times."
Gaili SchoenApr 212 minDava Shastri's Last Day"Before we enter serious relationships, we don't have to...see our true selves. So the first time you get called out for being annoying..."
Gaili SchoenFeb 71 minOh William! “Grief is such a—oh, it is such a solitary thing; It is like sliding down the outside of a really long glass building while nobody sees you"
Gaili SchoenFeb 7, 20211 minLittle Wishes"...she left her bedroom to find an atmosphere of regret hanging over the house."
Gaili SchoenJan 18, 20212 minTwo comforting Brit books: A Week in Winter, and Winter Solstice"The old house was being renovated. Even from this distance he could see the evidence of it in the yard: piles of timber, a small bonfire...
Gaili SchoenJan 16, 20211 minThe Widower's Notebook"A part of me needed to suffer. Suffering is painful and tangible, but something I could curl up with, and I did."
Gaili SchoenJan 3, 20212 minThe Switch'"Hi Mum," I say. "Leena, hi!" I wince. She's all breezy and faux casual, like she's practiced the greeting before making the call...."
Gaili SchoenDec 27, 20203 minThe Diary of a Bookseller"...perhaps he is one of the dying breed who understand that, if they want bookshops to survive, they have to support them."
Gaili SchoenDec 23, 20202 minFifty in Reverse"I miss my iPhone! I'll never complain about the autocorrect function again."
Gaili SchoenDec 17, 20201 minNoah's CompassAll along...he had experienced only the most glancing relationship with his own life..."
Gaili SchoenDec 11, 20201 minThe Searcher“He hated the way every drug...scooped the solidity right out of the world and left it quicksand-textured, cracked...and wavering..."
Gaili SchoenDec 10, 20202 minBefore the Coffee Gets Cold“Seasons flow in a cycle. Life too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow.”
Gaili SchoenNov 26, 20201 minMemorial: A Novel"She replies, 'He came out of my body. He's a homosexual. He left his mother with a stranger. I've already got everything I need to know.'"
Gaili SchoenAug 15, 20201 minImpersonation"...so many hand-knit pink hats...all those people...who wanted better things for women and had made their outrage into a...global event."
Gaili SchoenJul 15, 20201 minNobody Will Tell You This But Me“If you’re having a rotten day, go buy yourself an ice cream soda and a new hat.”