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The mighty queens of Freeville a mother, a daughter, and the town that raised them

In The Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy Dickinson, syndicated advice columnist and weekly National Public Radio celeb, shares her remarkable story--a tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent.

Main Author: Dickinson, Amy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Hyperion, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Dickinson, Amy.
National Public Radio (U.S.)
Women > Biography.
Single mothers > Biography.
Divorced mothers > Biography.
Motherhood.
Advice columnists > Biography.
Freeville (N.Y.) > Biography.
Memoirs.
Summary: In The Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy Dickinson, syndicated advice columnist and weekly National Public Radio celeb, shares her remarkable story--a tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent.
Physical Description: x, 225 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781401322854
1401322859
Author Notes: Amy Dickinson grew up on a dairy farm in Freeville, New York. She graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has had numerous jobs including a receptionist for The New Yorker magazine, a producer for NBC News in Washington and New York, a lounge singer, and a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, Allure, and O magazine. She wrote a column for Time Magazine that focused on family life and parenting from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, The Tribune chose her to write the successor to the long-running Ann Landers column. Her syndicated advice column Ask Amy appears in more than 200 newspapers across the country. She is also the host of a biweekly feature on NPR's Talk of the Nation and her commentaries and radio stories have been featured on NPR's All Things Considered.

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