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Laurie Abraham

Laurie Abraham
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Laurie Abraham

Laurie Abraham is a freelance writer and senior editor of Elle magazine and the author of Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America (University of Chicago Press). Formerly the executive editor of Elle, she’s... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Try not to make others suffer because of your own fears
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My life in 8 words: "Love and work, work and love, that's all there is (who's counting?)"
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The Husbands and Wives Club will be released on May 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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The Husbands and Wives Club is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Husbands and Wives Club will be released on March 09, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
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The Husbands and Wives Club is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Try not to make others suffer because of your own fears Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Violet, the mother in August: Osage County (at the moment) Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. "All the Single Ladies" (Beyonce); "The River" (Springsteen); "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" (Meatloaf); "Rehab" (Amy Winehouse); Minuet in G (because my daughter is playing it beautifully now) Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. LeBron James? A biographer in the mode of Judith Thurman? Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. I'm blunt Learn more about Laurie Abraham

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Mankato Free Press, March 16, 2013
...Kelly Griffin of Crosby; sisters Bonita (Charlie) Mitchell of Waseca, and Sheila (Larry) Hogetvedt of Waseca; brother-in-law Chick (Laurie) Abraham of Janesville; special friend Lori Daschner of Janesville; by many nieces, nephews and other relatives and...
Kidderminster Shuttle, February 13, 2013
...LAURIE Abraham and Duncan McCormack clicked for the prizes at Kidderminster Camera Club’s annual photographic exhibition. The winning entries are among more than 70 images on display at the town...
Halesowen News, February 13, 2013
...In the frame: Duncan McCormack and Laurie Abraham with their winning entries and Shuttle editor Clive Joyce (right). LAURIE Abraham and Duncan McCormack clicked for the prizes at Kidderminster Camera Club’s annual photographic exhibition. The...
Dudley News, February 13, 2013
...In the frame: Duncan McCormack and Laurie Abraham with their winning entries and Shuttle editor Clive Joyce (right). LAURIE Abraham and Duncan McCormack clicked for the prizes at Kidderminster Camera Club’s annual photographic exhibition. The...
Washington Examiner, January 2, 2013
...The most damaging part of the piece, which alludes to it being the former, is when Elle's Laurie Abraham reveals that Hay isn't exactly up to speed in the policy department. After asking Hay questions about taxes and healthcare, Abraham writes, "by the...
Kidderminster Shuttle, October 5, 2012
...THE winners of a photo competition to portray Kidderminster heritage have been announced. Laurie Abraham, 52, of Spennells scooped first prize for her snap Ghost Signs of Kidderminster in the competition run by the Friends of the Carpet Museum Trust...
Dudley News, October 5, 2012
...Pictures of the past: Ghost Signs of Kidderminster by Laurie Abraham was the winner. THE winners of a photo competition to portray Kidderminster heritage have been announced. Laurie Abraham, 52, of Spennells scooped first prize for her snap Ghost...