The Bookbinder

by Cooper, Jackie K.

• ISBN13: 9780881460230
• ISBN10: 0881460230
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-03
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

It has been said that no man is an island. We are all bound together by shared beliefs and shared experiences. As we go through life we find that we are not as unique as we once thought. We have much in common with the person who lives down the street, as well as the ones who live across the globe. Lives are not lived in vacuums but rather in interactive communities. This world of ?binding? is what gives life its richness. The stories in this book will reach inside the reader's heart and soul to strike a common chord. In lucid, memorable prose, Cooper offers remembrances, reflections, and experiences that can be shared by readers of all ages.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction by Jaclyn Weldon White	xiii
Prologue	1	(2)
Chapter 1: Reflections from Route 96	3	(70)
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times	5	(3)
Play the Sunset	8	(3)
I Wish Her Well	11	(3)
Sweet Memories	14	(3)
The One-Vote Loss	17	(3)
My Middle-Aged Friend	20	(3)
I Want to Be a Star	23	(2)
The Engagement	25	(2)
Movie Mania	27	(2)
A Clue to Staying Young	29	(2)
My Friend Earl	31	(2)
Mother's Day	33	(2)
Mistaken Identity	35	(2)
Holland Street	37	(2)
Disney, New Orleans, and Me	39	(4)
Long Distance Worry	43	(3)
The Worry Continues	46	(2)
The Golden Rule	48	(2)
The Real World	50	(2)
Another World	52	(3)
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss	55	(2)
Is There a Doctor in the House?	57	(3)
Whoop, Whoop, Whoopee!	60	(2)
Who the Heck Is Peter Boyle?	62	(2)
The Buzzard Was My Mother, Not Me	64	(2)
Don't Get on My Bad Side	66	(3)
The Grinch Is Back, One More Time	69	(4)
Chapter 2: Reflections from Route 97	73	(72)
Life Is Good	75	(2)
Remember Sean, Forget Terry	77	(2)
The Attack of the Vending Machine	79	(2)
My Father, My Son	81	(2)
Living in the Now	83	(2)
There's No Place like Home	85	(3)
That's What Friends Are For	88	(3)
The Mist of Memory	91	(3)
Accident Blues	94	(2)
The Brother Takes a Wife	96	(2)
My Mentor, My Friend	98	(3)
One Book at a Time	101	(2)
George Washington Knows Best	103	(2)
My Mother's Rings	105	(2)
Celebration!	107	(2)
Let's Hear it for the Mouse	109	(5)
God Knows	114	(2)
My Son's Wedding Weekend	116	(2)
Do As I Sav, Not As Did	118	(3)
Being Committed	121	(2)
Soul Mates	123	(2)
Return to Niagara Falls	125	(3)
Big Diehl	128	(3)
Good Grief	131	(2)
A Potential Juror	133	(3)
Jodi Benson	136	(3)
The Best Thanksgiving Ever	139	(2)
A Special Christmas	141	(4)
Chapter 3: Reflections from Route 98	145	(28)
My Life Is a 10	147	(3)
Here Comes the Flu	150	(2)
Don't Sock It to Me	152	(3)
Things to Do in Denver	155	(2)
Me and Billy Crystal	157	(4)
A Lifetime in High School	161	(3)
What Is Love?	164	(2)
Old Is Whoever Is Older Than You	166	(2)
What Might Have Been	168	(3)
Comfort Food for the Soul	171	(2)
Epilogue	173