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The Quiet Revolution

Weeks after leaving the hospital, my hair is starting to sprout. I feel wonderous about the world and grateful to still be in it.

Memoir
CONFESSIONS OF A HERMIT CRAB
Exploring the Secrets of Home
The Quiet Revolution
How I survived a fatal illness

Novels
Night Swim, a novel
16-year-old Sarah, a gifted singer from an upper middle class Jewish family, tells the story of her family following the tragic loss of her mother. Set in suburban Boston in the late 1960s.
Body Chemistry, a novel
College grad, Elizabeth Gold, learns she has contracted a fatal illness called Aplastic Anemia. The difficult news sends her on a search for a cure, but she quickly learns the options are high risk. In the process she faces ambiguities in family relationships, a failing romance, and an influx of caretakers, including an eccentric faith healer and an entrepreneurial apartment mate. A novel about the healing power of love.
Profiles
The Afterlife of Louis Brown, A Boston Globe Magazine cover story. June 2002
How the murder of a Boston teenager became a force for change.