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Shared Stories of Parental Gaslighting That Inspired a Novel

Fran Hawthorne has been writing novels since she was four years old, although she was sidetracked for several decades by journalism. During that award-winning career, she wrote eight nonfiction books, mainly about consumer activism, the drug industry, and the financial world, and was also an editor or regular contributor for The New York Times, BusinessContinue reading “Shared Stories of Parental Gaslighting That Inspired a Novel”

Self-Exploration Using YouTube Series: The Loneliest Boy on Earth

Over the years, I’ve used comedy, music, and film as ways to process life and connect with people in a real, unpolished way. My latest project, The Loneliest Boy on Earth, came out of that impulse — it’s part experiment, part personal confession, and part attempt to make sense of love and identity in theContinue reading “Self-Exploration Using YouTube Series: The Loneliest Boy on Earth”

Classic Cinema: All This and Heaven Too

All this and Heaven Too is a movie from 1940 starring Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, and Jeffrey Lynn. It takes place in the years leading up to the second French Revolution of 1848. This situation and characters were real. The book of the same name was written by Rachel Field the grand-niece ofContinue reading “Classic Cinema: All This and Heaven Too”

Children’s Stories that Teach Great Lessons

Christine grew up in North Andover, MA with her parents Tony and Joyce and brothers Anthony and Eddie. She was very shy when she was young and spent a lot of time reading. Throughout her childhood Christine loved animals, especially elephants. People started to buy them for her as a collection. Her grandparents, Eddie andContinue reading “Children’s Stories that Teach Great Lessons”

Classic Cinema: A Summer Place

A Summer Place (1959) is what was called at the time, “A Potboiler”. It was considered to be like a soap opera in movie form. But the genre of Melodrama became significant by director, Douglas Sirk’s take on the genre. He used these films to examine family relationships and challenge social norms that were restrictive.Continue reading “Classic Cinema: A Summer Place”