A local Houston paper called The Examiner ran a profile of me today. It’s so fun to see things starting to rev up for the release of Everyone Is Beautiful (only 2 weeks to go!). Here’s how writer Melissa Buron describes the new book (review to come later): “Everyone is Beautiful follows the trials and […]
I was so star-struck today to see Everyone Is Beautiful featured on Design Mom. Gabrielle Blair is not only completely beautiful and exceptionally cool, she’s also unbelievably nice. And kind of a superhero. She’s a designer, a mom, a famous blogger (her blog is huge–and for good reason, because everything about it is deliciously swanky), […]
I just had a crazy couple of days meeting and visiting with feminist superstar Naomi Wolf. She’s written many famous books, but the one that I have dog-eared and underlined on my bookshelf of favorites is The Beauty Myth–a book I read just out of college. It profoundly altered my thinking about issues of beauty […]
Got the hardcover for Everyone Is Beautiful in the mail this weekend, and it’s a scrumptious and delectable thing. It won’t go on sale until February 17, but I took it over to my friend Karen‘s house this week where my friend Laura had the great idea to put it next to its sister. Then […]
Houston folks, get ready! It’s almost time for the Children’s Museum of Houston’s Parents and Families luncheon! Monday, February 23 at the Hilton Post Oak. Buy a table! Bring all your friends! Come support one of the greatest places for kids in H-town–and hear me talk about my new book, how to help kids write […]
When I got a message from Kristijana at the Mommy Blog saying that she’d really loved Everyone Is Beautiful and that she’d be posting a review soon, I made some assumptions. I know she has a toddler and a baby, and when my kids were that age, I was lucky if I wasn’t wearing my […]
Kirkus Reviews just gave Everyone Is Beautiful a great review!! The full text includes many plot points and several spoilers, so in an effort to protect the story’s surprises, I’ll just give you the best line: “In less deft hands, the horrors of the out-of-control Coates toddlers would resemble bad reality television, but Center’s breezy […]
Katie in Florida gives Everyone is Beautiful a great review! She writes: “I loved this book. (Maybe even better than her first book, The Bright Side of Disaster, which I reviewed here.) I felt like I was there with Lanie, watching her just move through each day until she found her own passion again. Then it was […]
Kristjana, at the the Mommy Blog, just posted the sweetest blog entry about Everyone Is Beautiful. After writing about how she’s not posting as much since her new baby (look at that handome face!) came last summer, she said this: Fortunately, inspiration comes in unlikely packages. Though I have begged off the most recent slew […]
Just got word of a terrific review for Everyone Is Beautiful from Booklist, which calls it a “superbly written novel filled with unique and resonant characters.” Please see the whole delicious concluding sentence below: “Center takes a woman at her most vulnerable time and sets her on a journey to find herself without losing what […]