here is why you should buy and read maureen mchugh's _mothers and other monsters_.

i read. i read a lot. there is not enough time in the day for me to read, so i combine it with other things. i read while walking places. i read while crossing the street, for pete's sake. this all works out fine. i don't walk into things, i don't get hit by cars, it's all good.

i brought _mothers and other monsters_ to dinner tonight. read it during dinner. read it while waiting to pay. read it while walking out to the car. was reading 'wicked', a short short in the middle of the book, and opened the car door smack into my leg. ow.

(no bleeding, didn't tear my jeans, but i'm expecting a bruise in the morning.)

maureen mchugh: good enough so that i maim myself, when no other author has ever caused me to do so.

go buy the book.